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STORMY LIFE ENDS
WITH EXILE'S DEATH
ormer Queen Isabella OF SPAR
Had Anything But a
Happy Career.
PLAYTHINa OF FACTIONS
Fled 20 France Following a Determined
Uprising, and There Lived to a
Ripe Old Age, Abdicatins in
Favor of Her Son.

Madrid special: With the passing
of Isabella ends u life which, through
out it's youth and prime. was filed with
stormy passages. Maria Isabella
Louisa was born in Madrid, October 80,
1880. Her father, Ferdinand VII, in
iiuenced by his wife, revoked the Saiic
law, and thus upon his death, In 1888.
she was proclaimed queen in her IN
fancy, under the regency of her moth
er, Maria Christina.
This was the signal for the outbreak
of a civil war betweeE the supporters
of Don Carlos, brother of the dead
king, and the p%artisans of Christina.
This struggle lasted for seven years.
impoverishing the country, widening
political divisions and blocking prog
ress. Finally. the Cortes passed a de-
cree of Punishment against Don Carlos
and hts adherents, thus confirming the
succession4of Isabella.
The queen regent soon found her
position insupportable, and being UNI
willing TO make any concessions. pre-
ferred to retreat into France, leaving
her affairs and the interests of the
child queen in charge of Espartero, to
whom she had been compelled to as
sign practically dictatorial powers. His
Nv, ~ ias'eu U enree years,
.,,u uutans tiat pefloa the young
some influences than those with which
she had been hitherto surrounded, out
upon his fall General Castanos became
her guardian, and soon afterward the
Cortes decreed her of age, and she be-
came a reigning monarch.
A Plaything of Factions.
She became the plaything of CONTEND
er returned to Madrid ana Marsh,r
Narvaez became military dictator,
Temporary quiet was restored bv n
process of vigorous renression 1,ha,
arose the question of her marriage.
which was the cause of much interna-
tlonal intrigue. Many claimants were
urged for her hand, but the French
policy of Napoleon III. prevailed. n
the unfortunate princess was welded
to her cousin. Don Francisco d'Assisi.
a VIGOROUSLY unfit man.
For n brief season Isabella seemed
inclined to seek the suppor of tile Lib
erals. but Marshal Naryaez gained she
upper hand, and the era of repression
by the strong hand was continued.
cal relations with England and seek a.
closer connection with Austria ana
Prussia. An insurrectionary move
nent in 1913, under the leadership OF
Cabrera and the count de Nounrenaolln.
one of her former %suttors. was rushed
and u long series OF palace in-tr!eues
only tended to the humiliation OF her
husband and the establishment OF Mar
vaez in fGiler authority.
In 1851 Bravo Murillo came into
power and promised liberal raf0rrls.
but an attempt to a~ssissanate the
queen was made the excuse for he.
enforcement of the most reactionary
measures. Then followed a long CON-
test between the Liberal Cortes ana a
Conservative Ministry. which resulted
N the dissolution of the former ana
The beginning of an era of absolst.sm.
Military Leaders Revolt.
The ban az Wow, Yo,a.
the constitutional nartW LA w
revolt headed hy NJ ,sl, . ~ = =
and rints evarv,yh ere 80 - ~ .nii9'
oueen mother apain t1ad "a - It.t.
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lhn entrance of ,ffairs aetanN 800
ceign for many v,sars was = ~ :
fierce political STRUGGLES het uiee, ~
progressive and reaeiionarv rst..5as -
occasional military Reruh,t..,, ~. ~.
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