Pact of El Pardo
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The Pact of El Pardo was an informal agreement which supposedly took place on 24 November, 1885, in the face of King Alfonso XII's imminent death. It confirmed a system of party alternation that laste
Caricature from Don Quijote magazine mocking the pact as the "Pact to grab her from the hair"
Conservative Party (Spain)
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The Conservative Party, officially the Liberal Conservative Party and colloquially the Conservatives, was a Spanish political party founded in 1876 by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo.
Pact of El Pardo
…Rivera's coup in 1923. The pact was sealed in the Royal Palace of El Pardo. The pact was reached between Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, leader of the Conservative Party, and Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, leader of the Liberal Party. Both political parties dominated Spanish politics during the Restoration period. The aim of…
Juan de la Cierva Peñafiel