page_title: Carlos, Duke of Madrid
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Carlos, Duke of Madrid / Life
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: 5 Centimos à l'effigie de Charles VII (Charles de Bourbon, prétendant carliste), 1875. En 1833, Ferdinand VII supprime la loi salique, ce qui permet à sa fille Isabelle II de lui succèder. Son frère, l’infant Charles V de Bourbon, se proclama roi soutenu par une partie du peuple espagnol, les “carlistes”. Les prétendants carlistes seront à l’origine de trois guerres. La dernière (1872-1876) est dirigée par son petit-fils Charles VII contre Amédée de Savoie puis contre la 1ère République..
context_page_description: Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid was the senior member of the House of Bourbon from 1887 until his death. He was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos VII from 1868, and the Legitimist claimant to the throne of France under the name Charles XI after the death of his father in 1887.
context_section_description: Carlos was born in Ljubljana, the capital of Carniola in what is now Slovenia, the elder son of Juan, Count of Montizón and of his wife Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este. His name in full was Carlos María de los Dolores Juan Isidro José Francisco, Quirico Antonio Miguel Gabriel Rafael. As an infant he lived with his family briefly in London where his younger brother Alfonso was born.  After their father, considered too liberal for Carlist tastes, left their mother, the boys lived with her in Modena.  Her brother Duke Francis V of Modena was largely responsible for the education of the boys and was the chief influence in their early lives. Carlos was known for his traditionalist views, much different from those of his father.
caption: coin of Carlos VII
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