, 1873-03-22
THE CARLiSTS.
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From tho Ntto FORK H1ftf.
Tho namo Don Car1os has been, ainco tho Hix-
teentli century, mingled In tho public mind with
Bcones Of revolt In Bpnin. There have been four
pretonders to the Spanish throne Of this name.
Tho lator protenlera have boon tho representa-
spein, son Of rhp H. born a'' 81 vsiisdod IL
1549, diod III 1868 in prison ut Madrid, and WAS
buried in o nunnery. Ho waa siokly and pas-
stonnsc; WAS Buporaoded aa prcaumptlvo hcir to
sna G or lit. T. snashod nn hs ~ as Il
prison. His death aa we'll Us his lifo gayo
lnoompatibllity Of temper betWoon
rigid, lron-heartod man lile Don Philip, and u
fact that tho Infanto had boon engaged to Eliza
both Of Franco, who subsequently, becauo hia
atop-mothor. his sympathy with tho revolt OF tho
NothorlaudH, and hia hatred Of Alva, all colt
spiEted to tnvs9t the moanohoy fat9 Of tho In
md, aboye Ill, Schiller. The second protendor,, tdy,
Don Carlos Marin Isidor, protender to tho crown
g. G sa do SS in ~ roso @ aroh d. 1885, hsnS hang
Of the opponents Of tho constitutional regime,
which waa restored Ia 1920, gathored around
Don Carlos, hoping that a7ter tho doceaso Of
ascend tho THRONE. But thceo hopes woro prop
trated by Fordinand'e marriage with Maria
Christina, and the abrogatton Of tho salic law,
which placed Isabella upon tho throne. In 1852,
when Ferdinand was supposed to be on the evo
Of death. tho Carlists succeeded In e1torting
from him decree re-establishing tho aalio law.
aud thus excluding 1Habo)la, but be recovered
his health, and tho fraud praotisod upon him
was Immediately rodrouaod. In 1888, when Fer-
dinand died, Don Carlos proclaimed himself
him % d robel, and concluded with areat Brit
ain, France, and Portugal, the so-ealldd quad
ruplo alliance, the practical effect Of which
was to e1pel Don otrlos and Doh Miguel, the
gal; op July /, 1884, Don CARLOS lett England,
spain, nuoeeoaed In kidding clyil var IN tho
Northern Provlnoos,- which ragod for several
opponents until 1889. whon he was compelled to
leave the Spanish territory and to betalo him
aolf to France, where, upon his refusal to re-
nouncc hts claims, he vsaa by order of tho French
Spain was, By unanimous 7oto, oonhrmed by the
Cortes in 1856. In 1845, ho adopted tho name
OF Count Of Molina, abdicated in favor Of lis
eldest son, tho. Count Of Montemolin,
end, on R Rreooiyins pormIssilon 'i s., to leayo s'.
His fifst wife was Maria Francska do Assis,
daughter Of John W., King Of Portugal, who
bore him tnrco sons, Don Oarloa In 1913, Don
Juan Carlos Il, 1922, and Don Fernando II 1924;
His second wife, whom he married in 1883, and
who survived him, Is Maria Thorcsa, Infanta Of
Portugal and princoss Of Boira, widow OF tho
Infante Pedro Of Spain and motl,or Of the IN
fante Hobantian Of Portugal. Tho present pro-
tender ia Carlos Luis Maria Fernando, the old
est son and heir OF Don Carlos, who WAS born
Jan. II, 1918. In 1886 he loft BourgeB, where
Tho had resided with hB father, aud took up bis
residence in England under tho name Of the
Count of Montomolin. In April, 1849 he mado
an attempt to introduce himself in disguise into
tic b Il ho q
April IL ho was again In London. On July 10,
1850, he mnrriod Marin Carolina Fordinanda,
sistor Of Ferdinand II. Of Naples.