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1. Rules of Charles IV: When the French Revolution started in 1789, Spain was being ruled by Charles IV (1788-1808). He was boorish, foolish and easily duped. His Queen was a coarse sensuous woman “with a tongue like a fishwife’s.” Their heir was Prince Ferdinand who was a conceited, irresponsible young braggart in his early twenties. Image Source: farm4.staticflickr.com/3382/3494113918_de981aaba7_b.jpg [...]

History of Spain: Complete Information on the History of Spain! Spain is one of the few countries in Europe which remained neutral during the two World Wars. That is partly due to her geography as Spain is walled off from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees and is cut off by mountain ranges into different provinces. Alfonso XIII, the [...]