Maria Isabel of Braganza

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Maria Isabel of Braganza was a Portuguese infanta who became Queen of Spain as the second wife of King Ferdinand VII.

Bernardo López y Piquer, depicting Maria Isabel in front of Prado (1829)

Portrait of Maria Isabel by Vicente López Portaña, attributed to Bernardo López y Pique (1829)

Ferdinand VII

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Ferdinand VII was King of Spain during the early 19th century. He reigned briefly in 1808 and then again from 1813 to his death in 1833. Before 1813 he was known as el Deseado, and after, as el Rey Felón.

Portrait by Vicente López Portaña, c. 1814–15

Young Ferdinand as Prince of Asturias, 1800

Francisco Goya – Portrait of Ferdinand VII of Spain in his robes of state (1815) – Prado

Equestrian portrait of Ferdinand by José de Madrazo y Agudo, 1821