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Isabella II

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noun

  1. 1830–1904, queen of Spain (1833–68), whose accession precipitated the first Carlist war (1833–39). She was deposed in a revolution

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But if there’s a star attraction in this subterranean gallery, it’s Pius IX’s tiara, which was a gift from Queen Isabella II of Spain.

From Washington Post ● May 16, 2018

He captured the collier Restormel carrying coal to Cervera's fleet, as well as the cruiser Isabella II and the destroyer Terror.

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Espartero became in 1832, on the death of King Ferdinand VII., one of the most ardent defenders of the rights of his daughter, Isabella II.

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On the 14th of November 1843 he was appointed ambassador at the court of the young Spanish queen Isabella II.

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It was it that gave a prize for the best poem on the birth of the princess who was to become Isabella II of Spain; a prize which was won by a lad of sixteen.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

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