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SPAIN - CHARLES VII

Charles VII (in Castilian Carlos VII) was born on March 30, 1848 in Laibach and died on July 18, 1909 in Varese. He is a Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne. On the death of Ferdinand VII, the House of Bourbons of Spain was divided between the supporters of his daughter Isabella II and those of his brother Charles V. The latter named Carlists revolted and tried to overthrow Isabella II but also the liberals. In 1870, Isabella II was overthrown, abdicated in favor of her son and went into exile in Paris. The Cortes decide to name the Duke of Aosta Amédée de Savoie king under the name Amédée I. Returning in 1868, Charles VII established himself in Navarre where he was proclaimed king. He launched the Third Carlist War in 1872 first against Amadeus I, then against the First Republic and finally against Alfonso XII following the restoration. In 1876, Estella the Carlist capital was taken and Charles VII was condemned to exile..