Burials in the Pantheon of Kings at El Escorial, Madrid - Philip II of Spain, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Alfonso XIII of Spain (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Philip II of Spain, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Alfonso XII of Spain, Philip III of Spain, Philip IV of Spain, Isabella II of Spain, Ferdinand VII of Spain, Charles IV of Spain, Charles III of Spain, Charles II of Spain, Maria Christina of Austria, Louis I of Spain, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Maria Amalia of Saxony, Mariana of Austria, Maria Luisa of Parma, Anna of Austria, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Elisabeth of France, Maria Luisa of Savoy, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Princess Maria de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Isabella of Portugal, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, Francis, Duke of Cadiz. Excerpt: Charles III (Spanish: Carlos III; Italian: Carlo III; 20 January 1716 - 14 December 1788) was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese. In 1731, the fifteen-year-old Charles became the Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I, at the death of his childless great uncle Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma. In 1734, as the Duke of Parma, he conquered the kingdoms of Naples and of Sicily, and was crowned as the King of Naples and Sicily on 3 July 1735, reigning as King Charles, although he is contemporarily known as Charles VII of Naples and Charles V of Sicily. In 1738 he married the Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, an educated, cultured woman who gave birth to thirteen children, eight of whom reached adulthood. Charles and Maria Amalia resided in Naples for nineteen years; she died in 1760. Upon succeeding to the Spanish throne on 10 August 1759, Charles, a proponent of enlightened absolutism, on 6 October 1759 abdicated the Neapolitan and Sicilian thrones in favour of Ferdinand, his third surviving son, who became Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, or Fer...