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| | Carlist Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | Several times during the period from 1833 to 1876 the Carlists -- followers of Don Carlos and his descendents - rallied to the cry of "God, Country, and King" and fought for the cause of Spanish tradition against the liberalism, and later the republicanism, of the Spanish governments of the day. |
 | | Queen Isabel II was overthrown by a conspiracy of liberal Generals, and left Spain in some disgrace. |
 | | The generals replaced her with a Amadeo, the Duke of Aosta (and second son of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy), Then when the Spanish elections of 1872 resulted in a swing away from the Carlists, the Carlist pretender, Carlos VII, decided that only force of arms can win him the throne. |
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