The siege of Gaeta was a siege during the War of Polish Succession fought at Gaeta, Italy. The Habsburgs at Gaeta withstood four months of siege from the Bourbon armies under the Duke of Parma.
Charles III of Spain at the Siege of Gaeta (1734). By Giovanni Luigi Rocco.
Charles III was King of Spain from 1759 until his death in 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza as Charles I, King of Naples as Charles VII and King of Sicily as Charles III. He was the fourth
Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1761
Charles's mother, Elisabeth Farnese
Elisabeth with her eldest son Charles.