Amadeo I, also known as Amadeus, was an Italian prince who reigned as King of Spain from 1870 to 1873. The only king of Spain to come from the House of Savoy, he was the second son of Victor Emmanuel
The Duke of Aosta with his first wife, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo.
Amadeo painted by Vicente Palmaroli
Caricature by Francisco Ortego, ¡¡¡¡Virgen y mártir!!!!, published in Gil Blas [es; ca], May 28, 1871, mocking the fate of the Constitution under Serrano's government.
Caricature from La Flaca (magazine) [es], August 1869, showing neo-Catholic Cándido Nocedal [es] and Carlist Carlos VII.
Isabella II was Queen of Spain from 1833 until her deposition in 1868. She is the only queen regnant in the history of unified Spain.
Amadeo I of Spain
…usual title for a second son in the Savoyard dynasty. He was elected by the Cortes Generales as Spain's monarch in 1870, following the deposition of Isabella II, and was sworn in the following year. Amadeo's reign was fraught with growing republicanism, Carlist rebellions in the north, and the Cuban independence…
Isabella II as a child. She is depicted wearing the sash of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa.
Isabella swears the Constitution, by José Castelaro [es].
Portrait painting of Isabella II by Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1844).