The Order was created in 1815 by King Ferdinand VII in honour of Queen Isabel I and is open to both Spaniards and foreigners with the intent of "rewarding the firm allegiance to Spain and the ...

The Philippines as a favored investment destination in this part of the world brings many tangible benefits. The most obvious ...

Opened in 1819 at the encouragement of Queen Maria Isabel de Braganza (King Ferdinand VII's wife), the museum contains more than 7,600 paintings and 1,000 sculptures featuring Spanish, Italian and ...

An often overlooked aspect of the first Duke of Wellington's private life is getting a new look at his London home -- and ...

An invasion of Spain soon followed, to restore Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule, and the allies stood by when the Greeks rose up against their Ottoman rulers. By the time of the 1848 revolutions, ‘holy ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), the youngest child of the newly dominant Spanish rulers Ferdinand ... king Henry VII in order to strengthen Spain's alliances ...

1799: Joseph Haydn’s “Die Schöpfung” premieres in Vienna. 1808: Charles IV of Spain abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace Aranjuez. His son, Ferdinand VII, takes the throne.

Three basic principles were soon ratified by the Cortes: that sovereignty resides in the Spanish Nation (spelt out in capital letters in the original document); the legitimacy of Ferdinand VII as King ...

VII, are not wasted. Space is distributed unevenly ... and that of the Tudors in England diverged from the norm in some directions as much as that of Spain did in others. Elliott argues that Ferdinand ...