Order of Isabella the Catholic

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The Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic is a Spanish civil order of chivalry and honour granted to persons and institutions in recognition of extraordinary services to the homeland or the promotion of international relations and cooperation with other nations. By law, its Grand Master is the King of Spain, and its Grand Chancellor is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Order is open to both Spaniards and foreigners.

Martín Fernández de Navarrete, librarian of the Royal Spanish Academy, wearing the sash and grand cross of the order.

Collar granted to Czech President Václav Havel.

Samuel Morse wearing the knight's cross (fourth from left) and the commander cross of the order (bottom), 1866.

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