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But the Iberian Peninsula, being in the Mediterranean and at the end of the land roads of trade, didn't suffered that much from the population crisis, instead, as the Reconquista continued, the Iberian kingdoms found themselves richer and with more land. With an undiminished population, their growth was secured. What's more, their position meant they were in permanent touch with the Mediterranean and Northern nautical techniques.
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But the Iberian Peninsula, being in the Mediterranean and at the end of the land roads of trade, didn't suffered suffer that much from the population crisis, instead, as the Reconquista continued, the Iberian kingdoms found themselves richer and with more land. With an undiminished population, their growth was secured. What's more, their position meant they were in permanent touch with the Mediterranean and Northern nautical techniques.
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Not very often remembered, if at all. Didn't waged wars, nor alliances, nor anything. His reign was mostly domestic and peaceful, which, apart for being unusual for a European country of the time, doesn't grant many pages in history books.
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Not very often remembered, if at all. Didn't waged wage wars, nor alliances, nor anything. His reign was mostly domestic and peaceful, which, apart for being unusual for a European country of the time, doesn't grant many pages in history books.
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Primo de Rivera accomplished most of it goals by cutting crime, striking seriously Abd-el-Krim rebels in the Moroccan campaign and patching social welfare issues, but in the way he made enemies of the PSOE (Socialist Party), the PCE (Communist Party) and the whole of the elites in both Catalonia and the Basque Country, who turned to nationalism. And then, in 1929, TheGreatDepression finished him.
The King promptly fired him, but his reputation had bleed into the crown, and in 1931, an election held gave majority to left-leaning and republican parties, and he chose to leave the country in order to prevent a civil war for breaking in. [[SpanishCivilWar It didn't worked]]. The Spanish Republic was established, but it [[TheFrancoRegime didn't last]].
The King promptly fired him, but his reputation had bleed into the crown, and in 1931, an election held gave majority to left-leaning and republican parties, and he chose to leave the country in order to prevent a civil war for breaking in. [[SpanishCivilWar It didn't worked]]. The Spanish Republic was established, but it [[TheFrancoRegime didn't last]].
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Primo de Rivera accomplished most of it his stated goals by cutting crime, striking seriously Abd-el-Krim rebels in the Moroccan campaign and patching social welfare issues, but in the way he made enemies of the PSOE (Socialist Party), the PCE (Communist Party) and the whole of the elites in both Catalonia and the Basque Country, who turned to nationalism. And then, in 1929, TheGreatDepression finished him.
The King promptly fired him, but his reputation had bleed into the crown, and in 1931, an election held gave majority to left-leaning and republican parties, and he chose to leave the country in order to prevent a civil war for breaking in. [[SpanishCivilWar It didn'tworked]].work]]. The Spanish Republic was established, but it [[TheFrancoRegime didn't last]].
The King promptly fired him, but his reputation had bleed into the crown, and in 1931, an election held gave majority to left-leaning and republican parties, and he chose to leave the country in order to prevent a civil war for breaking in. [[SpanishCivilWar It didn't
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!! King Felipe VI (214-)
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In 1947, Franco had declared Spain was a kingdom again, but being as he didn't like any of the claimants (particularly Juan, the heir to Alfonso XIII's throne after his elder brothers renounced, and whom he considered too liberal even though he tried to fight on the Nationalist side during the war) he held off his decision until he picked Juan's eldest son in 1969, considering him to be the perfect tool to continue his regime after his death.
However, Juan Carlos was shrewd enough to know which side he should pick, and for a long time he had buttered Franco making him believe he would just allow things to keep up while he planned for the restoration of democracy. Finally, in November 1975, Franco died and he was crowned as Juan Carlos I.
Initially, he was not very popular, as he was still seen as pretty much Franco with a new face, and the leader of the Spanish Communist Party, Santiago Carrillo, famously claimed that he would be nicknamed "The Brief".
Instead, with the support of newly-picked Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, Juan Carlos managed to ensure the Francoist parliament would vote itself out of existence, all political parties were legalized (even the Communists, in a tricky moment where the military leadership nearly rose again) and eventually elections (the first in more than forty years) were called for Constitutional Courts. The Constitution was accepted in referendum by a majority of the Spanish people, and a new democratic system was finally implemented.
Then, in 1981, a group of Civil Guard men invaded the Congress during the voting on who should replace Adolfo Suárez (who had recently renounced to his position) as Prime Minister, with the intention of being the first step to restore the dictatorship, while a general sent the tanks into the streets and tried to convince others to follow. Then, in what may be his greatest CrowningMomentOfAwesome, the King appeared on national TV, wearing his uniform as Captain General of the Armies (the highest rank in the Spanish Army) and ordered the Armed Forces to support the democratic system. The coup was defeated soon, and Santiago Carrillo (yes, the same guy as before) was heard saying "God Save the King!"
During the next years, he would be one of Spain's foremost representatives in foreign countries, while several Prime Ministers (after Adolfo Suárez came Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo (1981-82, Felipe González (1982-1996), José María Aznar (1996-2004), José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004-2011) and Mariano Rajoy (2011-)) held the reigns of the government. Another CrowningMomentOfAwesome (and CrowningMomentOfFunny) took place in 2007, during the Hispanoamerican (Spain, Portugal and the parts of America that were colonies of both) Conference: while Zapatero was speaking, Hugo Chávez of Venezuela started to interrupt him, calling the previous Spanish Prime Minister, Aznar, a "fascist" and more. Fed-up, the King shouted at him "''¿Por qué no te callas?''" (''Why don't you shut up?'')[[note]]The fact that he used the informal ''te'' instead of the more formal ''se'' makes it sound like he is reprimanding a misbehaving child.[[/note]], a sentence that gained instant MemeticMutation status.
However, in the later years, his popularity started to take hit after hit: his eldest daughter divorced, his younger daughter and her husband got involved in several scandals related to misappropiation of public funds, and, most infamously, he broke his hip while hunting elephants in Botswana, which particularly angered the Spanish people since they were in the middle of a very tough recession that had left hundreds of thousands of people without a job. In the end, he decided to renounce and pass the crown to his only son.
!! King Felipe VI(214-)(2014-)
The first King of Spain to be married to a commoner (journalist Letizia Ortiz), Felipe has worked hard to make sure he can restore the monarchy's popularity in the eyes of the people. At the beginning, there were claims by some sectors of society that demanded an election to decide whether Spain should remain a democracy or become a republic, but they were a minority and it has not come up ever since.
However, Juan Carlos was shrewd enough to know which side he should pick, and for a long time he had buttered Franco making him believe he would just allow things to keep up while he planned for the restoration of democracy. Finally, in November 1975, Franco died and he was crowned as Juan Carlos I.
Initially, he was not very popular, as he was still seen as pretty much Franco with a new face, and the leader of the Spanish Communist Party, Santiago Carrillo, famously claimed that he would be nicknamed "The Brief".
Instead, with the support of newly-picked Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, Juan Carlos managed to ensure the Francoist parliament would vote itself out of existence, all political parties were legalized (even the Communists, in a tricky moment where the military leadership nearly rose again) and eventually elections (the first in more than forty years) were called for Constitutional Courts. The Constitution was accepted in referendum by a majority of the Spanish people, and a new democratic system was finally implemented.
Then, in 1981, a group of Civil Guard men invaded the Congress during the voting on who should replace Adolfo Suárez (who had recently renounced to his position) as Prime Minister, with the intention of being the first step to restore the dictatorship, while a general sent the tanks into the streets and tried to convince others to follow. Then, in what may be his greatest CrowningMomentOfAwesome, the King appeared on national TV, wearing his uniform as Captain General of the Armies (the highest rank in the Spanish Army) and ordered the Armed Forces to support the democratic system. The coup was defeated soon, and Santiago Carrillo (yes, the same guy as before) was heard saying "God Save the King!"
During the next years, he would be one of Spain's foremost representatives in foreign countries, while several Prime Ministers (after Adolfo Suárez came Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo (1981-82, Felipe González (1982-1996), José María Aznar (1996-2004), José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004-2011) and Mariano Rajoy (2011-)) held the reigns of the government. Another CrowningMomentOfAwesome (and CrowningMomentOfFunny) took place in 2007, during the Hispanoamerican (Spain, Portugal and the parts of America that were colonies of both) Conference: while Zapatero was speaking, Hugo Chávez of Venezuela started to interrupt him, calling the previous Spanish Prime Minister, Aznar, a "fascist" and more. Fed-up, the King shouted at him "''¿Por qué no te callas?''" (''Why don't you shut up?'')[[note]]The fact that he used the informal ''te'' instead of the more formal ''se'' makes it sound like he is reprimanding a misbehaving child.[[/note]], a sentence that gained instant MemeticMutation status.
However, in the later years, his popularity started to take hit after hit: his eldest daughter divorced, his younger daughter and her husband got involved in several scandals related to misappropiation of public funds, and, most infamously, he broke his hip while hunting elephants in Botswana, which particularly angered the Spanish people since they were in the middle of a very tough recession that had left hundreds of thousands of people without a job. In the end, he decided to renounce and pass the crown to his only son.
!! King Felipe VI
The first King of Spain to be married to a commoner (journalist Letizia Ortiz), Felipe has worked hard to make sure he can restore the monarchy's popularity in the eyes of the people. At the beginning, there were claims by some sectors of society that demanded an election to decide whether Spain should remain a democracy or become a republic, but they were a minority and it has not come up ever since.
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The Spanish Empire, often refered to as the Spanish Colonial Empire, was the first of the European empires that began to apear in the course of the Modern Age, it being one of the most important players of Europe for the remainder of the XVI, XVII, XVIII and partially the XIX century.
A common misconception is that of the very adjective of Colonial, something that was spoken by the English, Dutch and French about the Empire in its overseas possessions and became internalized for the next centuries. The proper term of colony (which had changed its meaning frOM a neutral term to the derogative and negative conception of now) was never given to the territory in America, instead they were refered to as kingdoms, hence the need of Viceroys to administrate the territory.
A common misconception is that of the very adjective of Colonial, something that was spoken by the English, Dutch and French about the Empire in its overseas possessions and became internalized for the next centuries. The proper term of colony (which had changed its meaning frOM a neutral term to the derogative and negative conception of now) was never given to the territory in America, instead they were refered to as kingdoms, hence the need of Viceroys to administrate the territory.
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The Spanish Empire, often refered referred to as the Spanish Colonial Empire, was the first of the European empires that began to apear appear in the course of the Modern Age, it being one of the most important players of Europe for the remainder of the XVI, XVII, XVIII and partially the XIX century.
A common misconception is that of the very adjective of Colonial, something that was spoken by the English, Dutch and French about the Empire in its overseas possessions and became internalized for the next centuries. The proper term of colony (which had changed its meaningfrOM from a neutral term to the derogative and negative conception of now) was never given to the territory in America, instead they were refered referred to as kingdoms, hence the need of Viceroys to administrate the territory.
A common misconception is that of the very adjective of Colonial, something that was spoken by the English, Dutch and French about the Empire in its overseas possessions and became internalized for the next centuries. The proper term of colony (which had changed its meaning
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[[FounderOfTheKingdom Unified the Peninsula]] (minus Portugal), undermined the power of [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocrats]], renewed the army and put an end to both [[MedievalStasis the Reconquista and the spanish Middle Ages]]. Also, they funded a certain ChristopherColumbus for an extravagant new route to the Indias.
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[[FounderOfTheKingdom Unified the Peninsula]] (minus Portugal), undermined the power of [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocrats]], renewed the army and put an end to both [[MedievalStasis the Reconquista and the spanish Spanish Middle Ages]]. Also, they funded a certain ChristopherColumbus for an extravagant new route to the Indias.
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The reasons behind that are what is called amongst historians the Iberian Privilege: in the XIV century, a short coldening of the European climate affected all of northern Europe, producing shortages of food and famine across those regions and overpopulation of the cities; then came the Black Death, which went from northern Italy across all of the trade network of Europe.
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The reasons behind that are what is called amongst historians the Iberian Privilege: in the XIV century, a short coldening cold snap of the European climate affected all of northern Europe, producing shortages of food and famine across those regions and overpopulation of the cities; then came the Black Death, which went from northern Italy across all of the trade network of Europe.
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But the Iberian Peninsula, being in the Mediterranian and at the end of the land roads of trade, didn't suffered that much from the population crisis, instead, as the Reconquista continued, the Iberian kingdoms found themselves richer and with more land. With an undented population, their growth was secured. What's more, their position meant they were in permanent touch with the Mediterranean and Northern nautic techniques.
Then came the XV century, this century was marked with the infamous HundredYearsWar between the French and English that started the last century, the inner conflicts that had compained the Holy Roman Empire, the rise of the Ottomans at the east and the beginning of the isolisation policy of China.
By the latter half of the fifthteen century, the then Queen Isabel chose to marry King Fernando, which was reported to be a love match between the two, and with it, the crowns of the kingdom of Castille, largest in Hispania; and the kingdom of Aragon, joint with the kingdom of Napoles, became a prime power that not only was strong in military, but in economy.
This union, while it had a rebellion, was able to finish the Reconquista once and for all, annexing the territory of Granada, today sourthern Spain. A major notority is that, due to their crushing of the opposition and their coordination, the Catholic Kings were able to have a high power in practice.
The kings then decided to choose a well marriage for their children, deciding to marry their daughter, Juana, to Felipe "the Handsome", a noble of the House of Habsburg whose heritage included the territories once held by the kingdom of Burgundy (from which the Spanish used their flags) and the Habsburg possesions.
Then came the XV century, this century was marked with the infamous HundredYearsWar between the French and English that started the last century, the inner conflicts that had compained the Holy Roman Empire, the rise of the Ottomans at the east and the beginning of the isolisation policy of China.
By the latter half of the fifthteen century, the then Queen Isabel chose to marry King Fernando, which was reported to be a love match between the two, and with it, the crowns of the kingdom of Castille, largest in Hispania; and the kingdom of Aragon, joint with the kingdom of Napoles, became a prime power that not only was strong in military, but in economy.
This union, while it had a rebellion, was able to finish the Reconquista once and for all, annexing the territory of Granada, today sourthern Spain. A major notority is that, due to their crushing of the opposition and their coordination, the Catholic Kings were able to have a high power in practice.
The kings then decided to choose a well marriage for their children, deciding to marry their daughter, Juana, to Felipe "the Handsome", a noble of the House of Habsburg whose heritage included the territories once held by the kingdom of Burgundy (from which the Spanish used their flags) and the Habsburg possesions.
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But the Iberian Peninsula, being in the Mediterranian Mediterranean and at the end of the land roads of trade, didn't suffered that much from the population crisis, instead, as the Reconquista continued, the Iberian kingdoms found themselves richer and with more land. With an undented undiminished population, their growth was secured. What's more, their position meant they were in permanent touch with the Mediterranean and Northern nautic nautical techniques.
Then came the XV century, this century was marked with the infamous HundredYearsWar between the French and English that started the last century, the inner conflicts that hadcompained wracked the Holy Roman Empire, the rise of the Ottomans at the east and the beginning of the isolisation isolationist policy of China.
By the latter half of thefifthteen fifteenth century, the then Queen Isabel chose to marry King Fernando, which was reported to be a love match between the two, and with it, the crowns of the kingdom of Castille, Castile, largest in Hispania; Hispania, and the kingdom of Aragon, joint with the kingdom of Napoles, Naples; Spain thus became a prime power that not only was strong in military, militarily, but in economy.
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practice, not just in title.
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possessions.
Then came the XV century, this century was marked with the infamous HundredYearsWar between the French and English that started the last century, the inner conflicts that had
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Brief as he was, and never getting to reign alone, is just remembered for being a {{jerkass}} and totally disregard the queen in [[YourCheatingHeart his endless affairs]], thus, starting a long tradition.
Once both Juana and Felipe were offed for different reasons, Fernando took again the crown he shared with the now deceased Isabel and, before dying, left the kingdom of Aragon and Napoles as inheritance to the kingdom of Castille, thereby joining the two countries to a single power under a single person.
That person was Charles I of Spain and V of Austria. Last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire to be crowned by the Pope himself. At the moment of his ascention, the Spanish Conquistadores began to enter into the territories held by the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire, who took advantage of the fragmentary state of the two states and managed, by turning the very native population against their overlords, conquer most of modern México and Perú.
Once both Juana and Felipe were offed for different reasons, Fernando took again the crown he shared with the now deceased Isabel and, before dying, left the kingdom of Aragon and Napoles as inheritance to the kingdom of Castille, thereby joining the two countries to a single power under a single person.
That person was Charles I of Spain and V of Austria. Last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire to be crowned by the Pope himself. At the moment of his ascention, the Spanish Conquistadores began to enter into the territories held by the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire, who took advantage of the fragmentary state of the two states and managed, by turning the very native population against their overlords, conquer most of modern México and Perú.
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Brief as he was, and never getting to reign alone, is just remembered for being a {{jerkass}} and totally disregard disregarding the queen in [[YourCheatingHeart his endless affairs]], thus, thus starting a long tradition.
Once both Juana and Felipe were offed for different reasons, Fernando took again the crown he shared with the now deceased Isabel and, before dying, left the kingdom of Aragon andNapoles Naples as inheritance to the kingdom of Castille, Castile, thereby joining the two countries to into a single power under a single person.
That person was Charles I of Spain and V of Austria. Last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire to be crowned by the Pope himself. At the moment of hisascention, ascension, the Spanish Conquistadores began to enter into the territories held by the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire, who took advantage of the fragmentary state of the two states and managed, by turning the very native population against their overlords, conquer most of modern México and Perú.
Once both Juana and Felipe were offed for different reasons, Fernando took again the crown he shared with the now deceased Isabel and, before dying, left the kingdom of Aragon and
That person was Charles I of Spain and V of Austria. Last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire to be crowned by the Pope himself. At the moment of his
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Arrived to Spain without a grasp of culture, society or language, for that matter and faced quite a few rebellions for it, wich he crushed promptly. Protestants were tougher, though, when Martin Luther nailed his theses under his nose. Cue the [[ForeverWar endless religious wars funded with the extense spanish empire resources]].
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Arrived to Spain without a grasp of culture, society or language, for that matter and faced quite a few rebellions for it, wich which he crushed promptly. Protestants were tougher, though, when Martin Luther nailed his theses under his nose. Cue the [[ForeverWar endless religious wars funded with the extense spanish empire resources]].
extensive resources of the Spanish empire]].
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[[SerialEscalation As the religious wars escalated into political wars]] he attempted an alliance with England that ended [[WeatherOfWar very bad]]. Also remembered for annexing Portugal. And for allegedly building the Escorial Palace to seal a {{hellgate}}, filling it with catholic art and relics. Incidentally, al kings of Spain after him are buried there.
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[[SerialEscalation As the religious wars escalated into political wars]] he attempted an alliance with England that ended [[WeatherOfWar very bad]].badly]]. Also remembered for annexing Portugal. And for allegedly building the Escorial Palace to seal a {{hellgate}}, filling it with catholic Catholic art and relics. Incidentally, al all kings of Spain after him are buried there.
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Best remembered for expelling all non-catholics from Spain, namely muslims. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And gypsies]].
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Best remembered for expelling all non-catholics non-Catholics from Spain, namely muslims.Muslims. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And gypsies]].
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Tried under advise of his [[EvilChancellor Ambiguously Evil Chancellor]], the Count Duke of Olivares, to extend the war effor from Castile to the whole realm, wich prompted rebellions in Portugal and Catalonia that led to the former's independence and the latter [[FateWorseThanDeath annexation to France]]. Catalonia was re-taken, albeit cut to a size, Portugal didn't.
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The Crown cost him Gibraltar and Minorca, of which only the latter was re-taken in a later war. Also, he famously supressed medieval rights as a punishment for supporting the other guy in Aragon (Namely, Catalonia and Valencia), wich started a long tradition of animosity between the Bourbons and those regions.
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The Crown cost him Gibraltar and Minorca, of which only the latter was re-taken in a later war. Also, he famously supressed suppressed medieval rights as a punishment for supporting the other guy in Aragon (Namely, (namely, Catalonia and Valencia), wich which started a long tradition of animosity between the Bourbons and those regions.
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Not very often remembered, if at all. Didn't waged wars, nor alliances, nor anything. His reign was mostly domestic and peaceful, which, apart for being unusual for an european country of the time, doesn't grant many pages in history books.
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Not very often remembered, if at all. Didn't waged wars, nor alliances, nor anything. His reign was mostly domestic and peaceful, which, apart for being unusual for an european a European country of the time, doesn't grant many pages in history books.
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Best remembered for his somewhat unusual interest in urbanism, he reformed most of Madrid into the neo-classic style for which it is known.
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Best remembered for his somewhat unusual interest in urbanism, he reformed most of Madrid into the neo-classic neo-Classical style for which it is known.
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He was more interested in [[IncrediblyLameFun clocks]] than politics, too bad TheFrenchRevolution and, later, a certain UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte were knocking into the door as his own scheming son wanted his head on a spear.
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He was more interested in [[IncrediblyLameFun clocks]] than politics, too bad TheFrenchRevolution and, later, a certain UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte were knocking into the door as his own scheming son wanted his head on a spear. Although at least he ended better than his French cousin, who also was [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike an amateur clockmaker]].
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Imposed by his brother, Napoleon, he was disliked by near everyone from the Spanish America (wich declared ''independence'' so they hadn't to have him as king, mind you) to peninsular society, making ZeroPercentApprovalRating a DeconstructedTrope in RealLife, as it kickstarted an insurgence war that bleed french resources as, by the time the Russian campaign kick off, led directly to the downfall of the first French Empire.
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Imposed by his brother, Napoleon, he was disliked by near everyone from the Spanish America (wich (which declared ''independence'' so they hadn't to have him as king, mind you) to peninsular society, making ZeroPercentApprovalRating a DeconstructedTrope in RealLife, as it kickstarted an insurgence war that bleed french French resources as, and, by the time the Russian campaign kick off, led directly to the downfall of the first French Empire.
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!!Fernando VII, "the Desired" (1813-1833)
Crushed the spanish liberals, abolished the constitution his spanish supporters approved on his absence, empowered american independentists by denying the colonies the seats on the parliament the aforementioned constitution granted them on the envisioned constitutional monarchy, re-implanted TheSpanishInquisition, abolished by said liberals, granted independence to the american colonies by upsetting the military intended to fight the revolutionaires and getting them to revolt against ''him'', swore the previously abolished constitution when they managed to corner him and secretly schemed with foreign autoritharian powers to crush them once and for all. Which he did. After that, followed ten years known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast "ominous ten years"]]. [[RiddleForTheAges In his deathbed, he changed his last will so his daughter could reign (a very liberal standpoint, for a king that fiercely clinged to authoritarian, medieval-like monarchy) instead of his even-more-authoritarian brother]].
Crushed the spanish liberals, abolished the constitution his spanish supporters approved on his absence, empowered american independentists by denying the colonies the seats on the parliament the aforementioned constitution granted them on the envisioned constitutional monarchy, re-implanted TheSpanishInquisition, abolished by said liberals, granted independence to the american colonies by upsetting the military intended to fight the revolutionaires and getting them to revolt against ''him'', swore the previously abolished constitution when they managed to corner him and secretly schemed with foreign autoritharian powers to crush them once and for all. Which he did. After that, followed ten years known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast "ominous ten years"]]. [[RiddleForTheAges In his deathbed, he changed his last will so his daughter could reign (a very liberal standpoint, for a king that fiercely clinged to authoritarian, medieval-like monarchy) instead of his even-more-authoritarian brother]].
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!!Fernando VII, "the Desired" Desired", aka "the Felon King" (1813-1833)
Crushed thespanish Spanish liberals, abolished the constitution his spanish Spanish supporters approved on his absence, empowered american independentists American revolutionaries by denying the colonies the seats on the parliament the aforementioned constitution granted them on the envisioned constitutional monarchy, re-implanted TheSpanishInquisition, abolished by said liberals, inadvertently granted independence to the american American colonies by upsetting the military intended to fight the revolutionaires revolutionaries and getting them to revolt against ''him'', swore the previously abolished constitution when they managed to corner him and secretly schemed with foreign autoritharian authoritarian powers to crush them once and for all. Which he did. After that, followed ten years known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast "ominous ten years"]]. [[RiddleForTheAges In his deathbed, he changed his last will so his daughter could reign (a very liberal standpoint, for a king that fiercely clinged clung to authoritarian, medieval-like monarchy) instead of his even-more-authoritarian brother]].brother]]. Widely considered one of the worst and most faithless kings in history.
Crushed the
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Crowned as a child, married to a gay man. Known as the ''Nymphomaniac Queen''. His reign is a sucession of civil wars against the supporters of his father's brother, wich forced her mother, and then herself, to rely on the liberals her father so fiercely hated to stand on the throne as [[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] turned into the office -And, allegedly, her bed-.
It is commonly regarded that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn't had quite a grasp on how to rule a country and relied -Quite effectively- on the military as chancellors and advisors, as well as, well, [[CaptainObvious military leaders]] against her enemies. [[BreakTheHaughty As she grew, she was stuck in a loveless marriage and got fat and was taken advantage of by said]] [[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] [[KickTheDog who saw her need for affectiveness, sometimes through sex, as an opportunity to gain power and influence]], wich gathered a general mockery from the pops has her popularity decreased through -rightfully- perceived institutional corruption until he was finally kicked out of the throne by 1868.
It is commonly regarded that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn't had quite a grasp on how to rule a country and relied -Quite effectively- on the military as chancellors and advisors, as well as, well, [[CaptainObvious military leaders]] against her enemies. [[BreakTheHaughty As she grew, she was stuck in a loveless marriage and got fat and was taken advantage of by said]] [[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] [[KickTheDog who saw her need for affectiveness, sometimes through sex, as an opportunity to gain power and influence]], wich gathered a general mockery from the pops has her popularity decreased through -rightfully- perceived institutional corruption until he was finally kicked out of the throne by 1868.
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Crowned as a child, married to a gay man. Known as the ''Nymphomaniac Queen''. His Her reign is a sucession succession of civil wars against the supporters of his her father's brother, wich which forced her mother, and then herself, to rely on the liberals her father so fiercely hated to stand on the throne as [[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] turned into the office -And, - and, allegedly, her bed-.bed.
It is commonly regarded that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn'thad quite have a grasp on how to rule a country and relied -Quite effectively- - quite effectively - on the military as chancellors and advisors, advisers, as well as, well, [[CaptainObvious military leaders]] against her enemies. [[BreakTheHaughty As she grew, she was stuck in a loveless marriage and got fat and was taken advantage of by said]] [[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] [[KickTheDog who saw her need for affectiveness, affection, sometimes through sex, as an opportunity to gain power and influence]], wich which gathered a general mockery from the pops has population as her popularity decreased through -rightfully- - rightfully - perceived institutional corruption until he she was finally kicked out of the throne by 1868.
It is commonly regarded that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn't
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After Isabel II was deposed, debate about who the king of Spain might be started a controversy wich even bleed [[OttoVonBismarck into the international sphere with a war between France and Prussia]]. The Parliament eventually decided Amadeo, from the family that successfully had united Italy, would be a nice king. This option was strongly supported by prestigious militar Juan Prim.
Sadly, Juan Prim was murdered shortly before Amadeo arrived to Spain, and the new king was received with ''utter'' contempt. The mocked him endlessly, ''openly and in front of him'' (what with celebrating a parade for the new king and fill the front rows with the ugliest, oldest prostitutes they could find) when not blatantly ignoring him, belittle him as not-a-man-enough or just plain bullying him.
Sadly, Juan Prim was murdered shortly before Amadeo arrived to Spain, and the new king was received with ''utter'' contempt. The mocked him endlessly, ''openly and in front of him'' (what with celebrating a parade for the new king and fill the front rows with the ugliest, oldest prostitutes they could find) when not blatantly ignoring him, belittle him as not-a-man-enough or just plain bullying him.
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After Isabel II was deposed, debate about who the king of Spain might be started a controversy wich which even bleed [[OttoVonBismarck into the international sphere with a war between France and Prussia]]. The Parliament eventually decided Amadeo, from the family that successfully had united Italy, would be a nice king. This option was strongly supported by prestigious militar general Juan Prim.
Sadly, Juan Prim was murdered shortly before Amadeo arrived to Spain, and the new king was received with ''utter'' contempt. The mocked him endlessly, ''openly and in front of him'' (what with celebrating a parade for the new king andfill filling the front rows with the ugliest, oldest prostitutes they could find) when not blatantly ignoring him, belittle belittling him as not-a-man-enough unmanly or just plain bullying him.
Sadly, Juan Prim was murdered shortly before Amadeo arrived to Spain, and the new king was received with ''utter'' contempt. The mocked him endlessly, ''openly and in front of him'' (what with celebrating a parade for the new king and
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Once Spain had rendered into utter chaos, he arrived with a hign popularity to boot. His new regime was engineered by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, who was a well known anglophile and designed a parlamentary system akin to that of the United Kingdom with the exception that Cánovas expected little from the spanish pops and he was doubtful they could be civilized enough to implement a full democracy without civil unrest arising. So he arranged with local [[CorruptHick hicks]] known as ''caciques'' the falsification of election results so "elected governments" can be stable and predictable. Hence, a two party system took turns exactly every fourth years, one of them -The Conservative Party- lead by himself and the other one -The Liberal Party- led by Práxedes Mateo Sagasta while keeping undesirable factions (Namely, PSOE, the Socialist Party) out of the system.
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Once Spain had rendered into utter chaos, he arrived with a hign high popularity to boot. His new regime was engineered by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, who was a well known anglophile and designed a parlamentary parliamentary system akin to that of the United Kingdom with the exception that Cánovas expected little from the spanish pops Spanish population and he was doubtful they could be civilized enough to implement a full democracy without civil unrest arising. So he arranged with local [[CorruptHick hicks]] known as ''caciques'' for the falsification of election results so "elected governments" can be stable and predictable. Hence, a two party system took turns exactly every fourth years, one of them -The - the Conservative Party- lead by himself and the other one -The - the Liberal Party- led by Práxedes Mateo Sagasta while keeping undesirable factions (Namely, (namely, PSOE, the Socialist Party) out of the system.
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By the time the SpanishAmericanWar kick off, Cánovas had been murdered the year before the conflict started and Sagasta took off every responsability responsibility for the humiliating defeat, dying in 1903. Alfonso XII died prematurely and the young king was actually too young to rule over the crisis.
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At request of U.S. President TheodoreRoosevelt, Spain held an international summit between France, Germany, the United Kingdom and others in Algeciras, Andalusia in 1906 wich actually prevented WorldWarI for the next 9 years. After that, Spain got interested in the colonisation of Northern and Southern Morocco wich was implemented with extreme prejudice, and resulted in an unprecedented bloodshed. Crime skyrocketed and benefits from commerce due to Spain's neutrality in WorldWarI didn't translate into a better living conditions for workers, wich led to a bloodbath in Catalonia. Spain's North African adventures triggered a further crisis in 1921, when Manuel Silvestre led a large but poorly-equipped army into Morocco's Rif Mountains; they were massacred by Abd el-Krim's rebels at the Battle of Anual, initiating the Rif War.
This combination of military disasters and economic hardship destabilized the Spanish government. Spanish governments lasted mere days, and the situation was so desperate that the King relied to the military in 1923, wich led to a dictatorship that year under General Miguel Primo de Rivera, the same year a certain BenitoMussolini seized power in Italy.
Primo de Rivera accomplished most of it goals by cutting crime, striking seriously Abd-el-Krim rebels in the moroccan campaign and patching social welfare issues, but in the way he made enemies of the PSOE (Socialist Party), the PCE (Communist Party) and the whole of the elites in both Catalonia and the Basque Country, who turned to nationalism. And then, in 1929, TheGreatDepression finished him.
This combination of military disasters and economic hardship destabilized the Spanish government. Spanish governments lasted mere days, and the situation was so desperate that the King relied to the military in 1923, wich led to a dictatorship that year under General Miguel Primo de Rivera, the same year a certain BenitoMussolini seized power in Italy.
Primo de Rivera accomplished most of it goals by cutting crime, striking seriously Abd-el-Krim rebels in the moroccan campaign and patching social welfare issues, but in the way he made enemies of the PSOE (Socialist Party), the PCE (Communist Party) and the whole of the elites in both Catalonia and the Basque Country, who turned to nationalism. And then, in 1929, TheGreatDepression finished him.
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At request of U.S. President TheodoreRoosevelt, Spain held an international summit between France, Germany, the United Kingdom and others in Algeciras, Andalusia in 1906 wich actually prevented WorldWarI for the next 9 years. After that, Spain got interested in the colonisation of Northern and Southern Morocco wich which was implemented with extreme prejudice, and resulted in an unprecedented bloodshed. Crime skyrocketed and benefits from commerce due to Spain's neutrality in WorldWarI didn't translate into a better living conditions for workers, wich which led to a bloodbath in Catalonia. Spain's North African adventures triggered a further crisis in 1921, when Manuel Silvestre led a large but poorly-equipped army into Morocco's Rif Mountains; they were massacred by Abd el-Krim's rebels at the Battle of Anual, initiating the Rif War.
This combination of military disasters and economic hardship destabilized the Spanish government. Spanish governments lasted mere days, and the situation was so desperate that the King relied to the military in 1923,wich which led to a dictatorship that year under General Miguel Primo de Rivera, the same year a certain BenitoMussolini seized power in Italy.
Primo de Rivera accomplished most of it goals by cutting crime, striking seriously Abd-el-Krim rebels in themoroccan Moroccan campaign and patching social welfare issues, but in the way he made enemies of the PSOE (Socialist Party), the PCE (Communist Party) and the whole of the elites in both Catalonia and the Basque Country, who turned to nationalism. And then, in 1929, TheGreatDepression finished him.
This combination of military disasters and economic hardship destabilized the Spanish government. Spanish governments lasted mere days, and the situation was so desperate that the King relied to the military in 1923,
Primo de Rivera accomplished most of it goals by cutting crime, striking seriously Abd-el-Krim rebels in the
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[[HeAlsoDid Also, Alfonso XIII commisioned and directed the first spanish porn film]]. No, really.
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At request of U.S. President TheodoreRoosevelt, Spain held an international summit between France, Germany, the United Kingdom and others in Algeciras, Andalusia in 1906 wich actually prevented WorldWarI for the next 9 years. After that, Spain got interested in the colonisation of Northern and Southern Morocco wich was implemented with extreme prejudice, and resulted in an unprecedented bloodshed. Crime skyrocketed and benefits from commerce due to Spain's neutrality in WorldWarI didn't translate into a better living conditions for workers, wich led to a bloodbath in Catalonia. The Spain's North African adventures triggered a further crisis in 1921, when Manuel Silvestre led a large but poorly-equipped army into Morocco's Rif Mountains; they were massacred by Abd el-Krim's rebels at the Battle of Anual, initiating the Rif War.
This combination of military disasters and economic hardship destabilized the Spanish government. Spanish governments lasteddays mere days, and the situation was so desperate that the King relied to the military in 1923, wich led to a dictatorship that year under General Miguel Primo de Rivera, the same year a certain BenitoMussolini seized power in Italy.
This combination of military disasters and economic hardship destabilized the Spanish government. Spanish governments lasted
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He was more interested in [[IncrediblyLameFun clocks]] than politics, too bad TheFrenchRevolution and, later, a certain NapoleonBonaparte were knocking into the door as his own scheming son wanted his head on a spear.
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He was more interested in [[IncrediblyLameFun clocks]] than politics, too bad TheFrenchRevolution and, later, a certain NapoleonBonaparte UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte were knocking into the door as his own scheming son wanted his head on a spear.
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Once both Juana and Felipe were offed for different reasons, Fernando took again the crown he shared with the now deceased Isabel and, before dying, left the kingdom of Aragon and Napoles as inheritance to the kingdom of Castille, thereby joining the two countries to a single power under a single person.
That person was Charles I of Spain and V of Austria. Last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire to be crowned by the Pope himself. At the moment of his ascention, the Spanish Conquistadores began to enter into the territories held by the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire, who took advantage of the fragmentary state of the two states and managed, by turning the very native population against their overlords, conquer most of modern México and Perú.
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''Why were the Spanish and Portuguese the ones to first sail to the New World? Why not France, England, The Ottoman Empire, or even beyond that, Ming China or the Mughals?''
The reasons behind that are what is called amongst historians the Iberian Privilege: in the XIV century, a short coldening of the European climate affected all of northern Europe, producing shortages of food and famine across those regions and overpopulation of the cities; then came the Black Death, which went from northern Italy across all of the trade network of Europe.
You can guess what happened to the people of the North when plague came with famine.
But the Iberian Peninsula, being in the Mediterranian and at the end of the land roads of trade, didn't suffered that much from the population crisis, instead, as the Reconquista continued, the Iberian kingdoms found themselves richer and with more land. With an undented population, their growth was secured. What's more, their position meant they were in permanent touch with the Mediterranean and Northern nautic techniques.
Then came the XV century, this century was marked with the infamous HundredYearsWar between the French and English that started the last century, the inner conflicts that had compained the Holy Roman Empire, the rise of the Ottomans at the east and the beginning of the isolisation policy of China.
By the latter half of the fifthteen century, the then Queen Isabel chose to marry King Fernando, which was reported to be a love match between the two, and with it, the crowns of the kingdom of Castille, largest in Hispania; and the kingdom of Aragon, joint with the kingdom of Napoles, became a prime power that not only was strong in military, but in economy.
This union, while it had a rebellion, was able to finish the Reconquista once and for all, annexing the territory of Granada, today sourthern Spain. A major notority is that, due to their crushing of the opposition and their coordination, the Catholic Kings were able to have a high power in practice.
The kings then decided to choose a well marriage for their children, deciding to marry their daughter, Juana, to Felipe "the Handsome", a noble of the House of Habsburg whose heritage included the territories once held by the kingdom of Burgundy (from which the Spanish used their flags) and the Habsburg possesions.
After the fall of Constantinople, the Catholic Kings financed the expedition of ChristopherColumbus, who was rejected by the Portuguese, to find land that would become a part of the crown and that which he would become a direct Viceroy.
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The Spanish Empire, often refered to as the Spanish Colonial Empire, was the first of the European empires that began to apear in the course of the Modern Age, it being one of the most important players of Europe for the remainder of the XVI, XVII, XVIII and partially the XIX century.
A common misconception is that of the very adjective of Colonial, something that was spoken by the English, Dutch and French about the Empire in its overseas possessions and became internalized for the next centuries. The proper term of colony (which had changed its meaning frOM a neutral term to the derogative and negative conception of now) was never given to the territory in America, instead they were refered to as kingdoms, hence the need of Viceroys to administrate the territory.
Often an enemy of France until the rise of the Bourbons, but its longest and most regarded archnemesis was UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire, which in its beginnings was also meant to actively dry the Spanish of the gold they got from America.
The Spanish Empire, often refered to as the Spanish Colonial Empire, was the first of the European empires that began to apear in the course of the Modern Age, it being one of the most important players of Europe for the remainder of the XVI, XVII, XVIII and partially the XIX century.
A common misconception is that of the very adjective of Colonial, something that was spoken by the English, Dutch and French about the Empire in its overseas possessions and became internalized for the next centuries. The proper term of colony (which had changed its meaning frOM a neutral term to the derogative and negative conception of now) was never given to the territory in America, instead they were refered to as kingdoms, hence the need of Viceroys to administrate the territory.
Often an enemy of France until the rise of the Bourbons, but its longest and most regarded archnemesis was UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire, which in its beginnings was also meant to actively dry the Spanish of the gold they got from America.
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[[HeAlsoDid Also, Alfonso XIII commisioned and directed the first spanish porn film]]. No, really.
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At request of U.S. President TheodoreRoosevelt, Spain held an international summit between France, Germany, the United Kingdom and others in Algeciras, Andalusia in 1906 wich actually prevented WorldWarI for the next 9 years. After that, Spain got interested in the colonisation of Northern and Southern Morocco wich was implemented with extreme prejudice, and resulted in an unprecedented bloodshed. Crime skyrocketed and benefits from commerce due to Spain's neutrality in WorldWarI didn't translate into a better living conditions for workes, workers, wich led to a bloodbath in Catalonia. The governments lasted days and the situation was so desperate that the King relied to the military in 1923, wich led to a dictatorship that year under General Miguel Primo de Rivera, the same year a certain BenitoMussolini seized power in Italy.
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The King promptly fired him, but his reputation had bleed into the crown, and in 1931, an election held gave majority to left-leaning and republican parties, and he chose to leave the country in order to prevent a civil war for breaking in [[SpanishCivilWar It didn't worked]]. The Spanish Republic was established, but it [[TheFrancoRegime didn't last]].
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The King promptly fired him, but his reputation had bleed into the crown, and in 1931, an election held gave majority to left-leaning and republican parties, and he chose to leave the country in order to prevent a civil war for breaking in in. [[SpanishCivilWar It didn't worked]]. The Spanish Republic was established, but it [[TheFrancoRegime didn't last]].last]].
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!! Juan Carlos I (1975-2014)
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!! Juan Carlos I (1975-2014)
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At request of U.S. President TheodoreRoosevelt, Spain held an international summit between France, Germany, the United Kingdom and others in Algeciras, Andalusia in 1906 wich actually prevented WorldWarI for the next 9 years. After that, Spain got interested in the colonisation of Northern and Southern Morocco wich was implemented with extreme prejudice, and resulted in an unprecedented bloodshed. Crime skyrocketed and benefits from commerce due to Spain's neutrality in WorldWarIWorldWarI didn't translate into a better living conditions for workes, wich led to a bloodbath in Catalonia. The governments lasted days and the situation was so desperate that the King relied to the military in 1923, wich led to a dictatorship that year under General Miguel Primo de Rivera, the same year a certain BenitoMussolini seized power in Italy.
Primo de Rivera accomplished most of it goals by cutting crime, striking seriously Abd-el-Krim rebels in the moroccan campaign and patching social welfare issues, but in the way he made enemies of the PSOE (Socialist Party), the PCE (Communist Party) and the whole of the elites in both Catalonia and the Basque Country, who turned to nationalism. And then, in 1929, TheGreatDepression finished him.
The King promptly fired him, but his reputation had bleed into the crown, and in 1931, an election held gave majority to left-leaning and republican parties, and he chose to leave the country in order to prevent a civil war for breaking in [[SpanishCivilWar It didn't worked]]. The Spanish Republic was established, but it [[TheFrancoRegime didn't last]].
Primo de Rivera accomplished most of it goals by cutting crime, striking seriously Abd-el-Krim rebels in the moroccan campaign and patching social welfare issues, but in the way he made enemies of the PSOE (Socialist Party), the PCE (Communist Party) and the whole of the elites in both Catalonia and the Basque Country, who turned to nationalism. And then, in 1929, TheGreatDepression finished him.
The King promptly fired him, but his reputation had bleed into the crown, and in 1931, an election held gave majority to left-leaning and republican parties, and he chose to leave the country in order to prevent a civil war for breaking in [[SpanishCivilWar It didn't worked]]. The Spanish Republic was established, but it [[TheFrancoRegime didn't last]].
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Sadly for him, the two-party system was steadily falling apart once their masterminds had passed on and their successor lacked both charisma and political skills to keep it. The impact the defeat against the United States had on the population further eroded the establishment. [[FromBadToWorse And it got worse]]
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Sadly for him, the two-party system was steadily falling apart once their masterminds had passed on and their successor successors lacked both charisma and political skills to keep it. The impact the defeat against the United States had on the population further eroded the establishment. [[FromBadToWorse And it got worse]]worse]].
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At request of U.S. President TheodoreRoosevelt, Spain held an international summit between France, Germany, the United Kingdom and others in Algeciras, Andalusia in 1906 wich actually prevented WorldWarI for the next 9 years. After that, Spain got interested in the colonisation of Northern and Southern Morocco wich was implemented with extreme prejudice, and resulted in an unprecedented bloodshed. Crime skyrocketed and benefits from commerce due to Spain's neutrality in WorldWarI
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By the timeTheSpanishAmericanWar the SpanishAmericanWar kick off, Cánovas had been murdered the year before the conflict startedstarted and Sagasta took off every responsability for the humiliating defeat, dying in 1903. Alfonso XII died prematurely and the young king was actually too young to rule over the crisis.
Sadly for him, the two-party system was steadily falling apart once their masterminds had passed on and their successor lacked both charisma and political skills to keep it. The impact the defeat against the United States had on the population further eroded the establishment. [[FromBadToWorse And it got worse]]
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!!Alfonso XII, "the Peacemaker" (1874-1885)
Once Spain had rendered into utter chaos, he arrived with a hign popularity to boot. His new regime was engineered by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, who was a well known anglophile and designed a parlamentary system akin to that of the United Kingdom with the exception that Cánovas expected little from the spanish pops and he was doubtful they could be civilized enough to implement a full democracy without civil unrest arising. So he arranged with local [[CorruptHick hicks]] known as ''caciques'' the falsification of election results so "elected governments" can be stable and predictable. Hence, a two party system took turns exactly every fourth years, one of them -The Conservative Party- lead by himself and the other one -The Liberal Party- led by Práxedes Mateo Sagasta while keeping undesirable factions (Namely, PSOE, the Socialist Party) out of the system.
By the time TheSpanishAmericanWar kick off, Cánovas had been murdered the year before the conflict started
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After Isabel II was deposed, debate about who the king of Spain might be started a controversy wich even bleed [[OttoVonBismarck into the international sphere with a war between France and Prussia]]Prussia]]. The Parliament eventually decided Amadeo, from the family that successfully had united Italy, would be a nice king. This option was strongly supported by prestigious militar Juan Prim.
Sadly, Juan Prim was murdered shortly before Amadeo arrived to Spain, and the new king was received with ''utter'' contempt. The mocked him endlessly, ''openly and in front of him'' (what with celebrating a parade for the new king and fill the front rows with the ugliest, oldest prostitutes they could find) when not blatantly ignoring him, belittle him as not-a-man-enough or just plain bullying him.
[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere He understandably resigned and left the country. Chaos ensued]]
Sadly, Juan Prim was murdered shortly before Amadeo arrived to Spain, and the new king was received with ''utter'' contempt. The mocked him endlessly, ''openly and in front of him'' (what with celebrating a parade for the new king and fill the front rows with the ugliest, oldest prostitutes they could find) when not blatantly ignoring him, belittle him as not-a-man-enough or just plain bullying him.
[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere He understandably resigned and left the country. Chaos ensued]]
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Crowned as a child, married to a gay man. Known as the ''Nymphomaniac Queen''. His reign is a sucession of civil wars against the supporters of his father's brother, wich forced her mother, and then herself, to rely on the liberals her father so fiercely hated to stand on the trone as SleazyPoliticians turned into the office -And, allegedly, her bed-.
It is commonly pointed that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn't had quite a grasp on how to rule a country and relied -Quite effectively- on the military as chancellors and advisors, as well as, well, [[CaptainObvious military leaders]] against her enemies. [[BreakTheHaughty As she grew, she was stuck in a loveless marriage and got fat and was taken advantage of by said]] [[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] [[KickTheDog who saw her need for affectiveness, sometimes through sex, as an opportunity to gain power and influence]], wich gathered a general mockery from the pops has her popularity decreased through -rightfully- perceived institutional corruption until he was finally kicked out of the trhone by 1868.
It is commonly pointed that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn't had quite a grasp on how to rule a country and relied -Quite effectively- on the military as chancellors and advisors, as well as, well, [[CaptainObvious military leaders]] against her enemies. [[BreakTheHaughty As she grew, she was stuck in a loveless marriage and got fat and was taken advantage of by said]] [[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] [[KickTheDog who saw her need for affectiveness, sometimes through sex, as an opportunity to gain power and influence]], wich gathered a general mockery from the pops has her popularity decreased through -rightfully- perceived institutional corruption until he was finally kicked out of the trhone by 1868.
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Crowned as a child, married to a gay man. Known as the ''Nymphomaniac Queen''. His reign is a sucession of civil wars against the supporters of his father's brother, wich forced her mother, and then herself, to rely on the liberals her father so fiercely hated to stand on the trone throne as SleazyPoliticians [[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] turned into the office -And, allegedly, her bed-.
It is commonlypointed regarded that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn't had quite a grasp on how to rule a country and relied -Quite effectively- on the military as chancellors and advisors, as well as, well, [[CaptainObvious military leaders]] against her enemies. [[BreakTheHaughty As she grew, she was stuck in a loveless marriage and got fat and was taken advantage of by said]] [[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] [[KickTheDog who saw her need for affectiveness, sometimes through sex, as an opportunity to gain power and influence]], wich gathered a general mockery from the pops has her popularity decreased through -rightfully- perceived institutional corruption until he was finally kicked out of the trhone throne by 1868.1868.
!The House of Saboya
!!Amadeo I, "The Elected" (1870-1873)
After Isabel II was deposed, debate about who the king of Spain might be started a controversy wich even bleed [[OttoVonBismarck into the international sphere with a war between France and Prussia]]
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!The House of Saboya
!!Amadeo I, "The Elected" (1870-1873)
After Isabel II was deposed, debate about who the king of Spain might be started a controversy wich even bleed [[OttoVonBismarck into the international sphere with a war between France and Prussia]]
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It is commonly pointed that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn't had quite a grasp on how to rule a country and relied -Quite effectively- on the military as chancellors and advisors, as well as, well, [[CaptainObvious military leaders]] against her enemies. [[BreakTheHaughty As she grew, she was stuck in a loveless marriage and got fat and was taken advantage of by said]][[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] [[KickTheDog who saw her need for affectiveness, sometimes through sex, as an opportunity to gain power and influence]],
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It is commonly pointed that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn't had quite a grasp on how to rule a country and relied -Quite effectively- on the military as chancellors and advisors, as well as, well, [[CaptainObvious military leaders]] against her enemies. [[BreakTheHaughty As she grew, she was stuck in a loveless marriage and got fat and was taken advantage of by said]][[SleazyPolitician said]] [[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] [[KickTheDog who saw her need for affectiveness, sometimes through sex, as an opportunity to gain power and influence]], wich gathered a general mockery from the pops has her popularity decreased through -rightfully- perceived institutional corruption until he was finally kicked out of the trhone by 1868.
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Crushed the spanish liberals, abolished the constitution his spanish supporters approved on his absence, empowered american independentists by denying the colonies the seats on the parliament the aforementioned constitution granted them on the envisioned constitutional monarchy, re-implanted TheSpanishInquisition, abolished by said liberals, granted independence to the american colonies by upsetting the military intended to fight the revolutionaires and getting them to revolt against ''him'', swore the previously abolished constitution when they managed to corner him and secretly schemed with foreign autoritharian powers to crush them once and for all. Which he did. After that, followed ten years known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast "ominous ten years"]]. [[RiddleForTheAges in his deathbed, he changed his last will so his daughter could reign (a very liberal standpoint, for a king that fiercely clinged to authoritarian, medieval-like monarchy) instead of his even-more-authoritarian brother]].
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Crushed the spanish liberals, abolished the constitution his spanish supporters approved on his absence, empowered american independentists by denying the colonies the seats on the parliament the aforementioned constitution granted them on the envisioned constitutional monarchy, re-implanted TheSpanishInquisition, abolished by said liberals, granted independence to the american colonies by upsetting the military intended to fight the revolutionaires and getting them to revolt against ''him'', swore the previously abolished constitution when they managed to corner him and secretly schemed with foreign autoritharian powers to crush them once and for all. Which he did. After that, followed ten years known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast "ominous ten years"]]. [[RiddleForTheAges in In his deathbed, he changed his last will so his daughter could reign (a very liberal standpoint, for a king that fiercely clinged to authoritarian, medieval-like monarchy) instead of his even-more-authoritarian brother]].brother]].
!!Isabel II, "That of the sad fate" (1833-1868)
Crowned as a child, married to a gay man. Known as the ''Nymphomaniac Queen''. His reign is a sucession of civil wars against the supporters of his father's brother, wich forced her mother, and then herself, to rely on the liberals her father so fiercely hated to stand on the trone as SleazyPoliticians turned into the office -And, allegedly, her bed-.
It is commonly pointed that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn't had quite a grasp on how to rule a country and relied -Quite effectively- on the military as chancellors and advisors, as well as, well, [[CaptainObvious military leaders]] against her enemies. [[BreakTheHaughty As she grew, she was stuck in a loveless marriage and got fat and was taken advantage of by said]][[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] [[KickTheDog who saw her need for affectiveness, sometimes through sex, as an opportunity to gain power and influence]],
!!Isabel II, "That of the sad fate" (1833-1868)
Crowned as a child, married to a gay man. Known as the ''Nymphomaniac Queen''. His reign is a sucession of civil wars against the supporters of his father's brother, wich forced her mother, and then herself, to rely on the liberals her father so fiercely hated to stand on the trone as SleazyPoliticians turned into the office -And, allegedly, her bed-.
It is commonly pointed that she started as an SpoiledBrat who didn't had quite a grasp on how to rule a country and relied -Quite effectively- on the military as chancellors and advisors, as well as, well, [[CaptainObvious military leaders]] against her enemies. [[BreakTheHaughty As she grew, she was stuck in a loveless marriage and got fat and was taken advantage of by said]][[SleazyPolitician sleazy politicians]] [[KickTheDog who saw her need for affectiveness, sometimes through sex, as an opportunity to gain power and influence]],
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Crushed the spanish liberals, abolished the constitution his spanish supporters approved on his absence, empowered american independentists by denying the colonies the seats on the parliament the aforementioned constitution granted them on the envisioned constitutional monarchy, re-implanted TheSpanishInquisition, abolished by said liberals, granted independence to the american colonies by upsetting the military intended to fight the revolutionaires and getting them to revolt against ''him'', swore the previously abolished constitution when they managed to corner him and secretly schemed with foreign autoritharian powers to crush them once and for all. Which he did. After that, followed ten years known as the [[NamesToRunAwayVeryFast [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast "ominous ten years"]]. [[RiddlesForTheAges [[RiddleForTheAges in his deathbed, he changed his last will so his daughter could reign (a very liberal standpoint, for a king that fiercely clinged to authoritarian, medieval-like monarchy) instead of his even-more-authoritarian brother]]brother]].
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Imposed by his brother, Napoleon, he was disliked by near everyone from the Spanish America (wich declared ''independence'' so they hadn't to have him as king, mind you) to peninsular society, making ZeroPercentApprovalRating a DeconstructedTrope in RealLife, as it kickstarted an insurgence war that bleed french resources as, by the time the Russian campaihn kick off, led directly to the downfall of the first French Empire.
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Imposed by his brother, Napoleon, he was disliked by near everyone from the Spanish America (wich declared ''independence'' so they hadn't to have him as king, mind you) to peninsular society, making ZeroPercentApprovalRating a DeconstructedTrope in RealLife, as it kickstarted an insurgence war that bleed french resources as, by the time the Russian campaihn campaign kick off, led directly to the downfall of the first French Empire.
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!!Fernando VII, "the Desired"
Desired" (1813-1833)
Crushed the spanish liberals, abolished the constitution his spanish supporters approved on his absence, empowered american independentists by denying the colonies the seats on the parliament the aforementioned constitution granted them on the envisioned constitutional monarchy, re-implanted TheSpanishInquisition, abolished by said liberals, granted independence to the american colonies by upsetting the military intended to fight the revolutionaires and getting them to revolt against ''him'', swore the previously abolished constitution when they managed to corner him and secretly schemed with foreign autoritharian powers to crush them once and for all. Which he did. After that, followed ten years known as the [[NamesToRunAwayVeryFast "ominous ten years"]]. [[RiddlesForTheAges in his deathbed, he changed his last will so his daughter could reign (a very liberal standpoint, for a king that fiercely clinged to authoritarian, medieval-like monarchy) instead of his even-more-authoritarian brother]]
Crushed the spanish liberals, abolished the constitution his spanish supporters approved on his absence, empowered american independentists by denying the colonies the seats on the parliament the aforementioned constitution granted them on the envisioned constitutional monarchy, re-implanted TheSpanishInquisition, abolished by said liberals, granted independence to the american colonies by upsetting the military intended to fight the revolutionaires and getting them to revolt against ''him'', swore the previously abolished constitution when they managed to corner him and secretly schemed with foreign autoritharian powers to crush them once and for all. Which he did. After that, followed ten years known as the [[NamesToRunAwayVeryFast "ominous ten years"]]. [[RiddlesForTheAges in his deathbed, he changed his last will so his daughter could reign (a very liberal standpoint, for a king that fiercely clinged to authoritarian, medieval-like monarchy) instead of his even-more-authoritarian brother]]
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!The House of Bonaparte
!!José I, "[[TheAlcoholic Pepe Bottles]]" (1808-1813)
Imposed by his brother, Napoleon, he was disliked by near everyone from the Spanish America (wich declared ''independence'' so they hadn't to have him as king, mind you) to peninsular society, making ZeroPercentApprovalRating a DeconstructedTrope in RealLife, as it kickstarted an insurgence war that bleed french resources as, by the time the Russian campaihn kick off, led directly to the downfall of the first French Empire.
!The First Restoration of the House of Bourbon
!!Fernando VII, "the Desired"
!!José I, "[[TheAlcoholic Pepe Bottles]]" (1808-1813)
Imposed by his brother, Napoleon, he was disliked by near everyone from the Spanish America (wich declared ''independence'' so they hadn't to have him as king, mind you) to peninsular society, making ZeroPercentApprovalRating a DeconstructedTrope in RealLife, as it kickstarted an insurgence war that bleed french resources as, by the time the Russian campaihn kick off, led directly to the downfall of the first French Empire.
!The First Restoration of the House of Bourbon
!!Fernando VII, "the Desired"
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As the religious wars escalated
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[[SerialEscalation As the religious wars escalated into political wars]] he attempted an alliance with England that ended [[WeatherOfWar very bad]]. Also remembered for annexing Portugal. And for allegedly building the Escorial Palace to seal a {{hellgate}}, filling it with catholic art and relics. Incidentally, al kings of Spain after him are buried there.
!!Felipe III, "the Pious" (1598-1621)
Best remembered for expelling all non-catholics from Spain, namely muslims. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And gypsies]].
!!Felipe IV, "the Great" (1621-1665)
Tried under advise of his [[EvilChancellor Ambiguously Evil Chancellor]], the Count Duke of Olivares, to extend the war effor from Castile to the whole realm, wich prompted rebellions in Portugal and Catalonia that led to the former's independence and the latter [[FateWorseThanDeath annexation to France]]. Catalonia was re-taken, albeit cut to a size, Portugal didn't.
!!Carlos II, "the Bewitched" (1665-1699)
Born with [[BodyHorror serious deformities]] both physically and psychologically (He was deemed as "retarded"), he was not very able to reign, and was also sterile. And, [[TearJerker apparently, he was aware of how much of a failure he was regarded as]]. His death [[SuccessionCrisis meant war]].
!The House of Bourbon
!!Felipe V, "the Animous" (1700-1746)
The Crown cost him Gibraltar and Minorca, of which only the latter was re-taken in a later war. Also, he famously supressed medieval rights as a punishment for supporting the other guy in Aragon (Namely, Catalonia and Valencia), wich started a long tradition of animosity between the Bourbons and those regions.
!!Luis I, "The Beloved" (1724)
You would be hard-pressed to find any reference to him in general history books, as he didn't last a year as a king. After his death, his father took the crown again.
!!Fernando VI, "The Fair" (1746-1759)
Not very often remembered, if at all. Didn't waged wars, nor alliances, nor anything. His reign was mostly domestic and peaceful, which, apart for being unusual for an european country of the time, doesn't grant many pages in history books.
!!Carlos III, "The Mayor of Madrid" (1759-1788)
Best remembered for his somewhat unusual interest in urbanism, he reformed most of Madrid into the neo-classic style for which it is known.
!!Carlos IV, "The Hunter" (1788-1808)
He was more interested in [[IncrediblyLameFun clocks]] than politics, too bad TheFrenchRevolution and, later, a certain NapoleonBonaparte were knocking into the door as his own scheming son wanted his head on a spear.
!!Felipe III, "the Pious" (1598-1621)
Best remembered for expelling all non-catholics from Spain, namely muslims. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And gypsies]].
!!Felipe IV, "the Great" (1621-1665)
Tried under advise of his [[EvilChancellor Ambiguously Evil Chancellor]], the Count Duke of Olivares, to extend the war effor from Castile to the whole realm, wich prompted rebellions in Portugal and Catalonia that led to the former's independence and the latter [[FateWorseThanDeath annexation to France]]. Catalonia was re-taken, albeit cut to a size, Portugal didn't.
!!Carlos II, "the Bewitched" (1665-1699)
Born with [[BodyHorror serious deformities]] both physically and psychologically (He was deemed as "retarded"), he was not very able to reign, and was also sterile. And, [[TearJerker apparently, he was aware of how much of a failure he was regarded as]]. His death [[SuccessionCrisis meant war]].
!The House of Bourbon
!!Felipe V, "the Animous" (1700-1746)
The Crown cost him Gibraltar and Minorca, of which only the latter was re-taken in a later war. Also, he famously supressed medieval rights as a punishment for supporting the other guy in Aragon (Namely, Catalonia and Valencia), wich started a long tradition of animosity between the Bourbons and those regions.
!!Luis I, "The Beloved" (1724)
You would be hard-pressed to find any reference to him in general history books, as he didn't last a year as a king. After his death, his father took the crown again.
!!Fernando VI, "The Fair" (1746-1759)
Not very often remembered, if at all. Didn't waged wars, nor alliances, nor anything. His reign was mostly domestic and peaceful, which, apart for being unusual for an european country of the time, doesn't grant many pages in history books.
!!Carlos III, "The Mayor of Madrid" (1759-1788)
Best remembered for his somewhat unusual interest in urbanism, he reformed most of Madrid into the neo-classic style for which it is known.
!!Carlos IV, "The Hunter" (1788-1808)
He was more interested in [[IncrediblyLameFun clocks]] than politics, too bad TheFrenchRevolution and, later, a certain NapoleonBonaparte were knocking into the door as his own scheming son wanted his head on a spear.
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!The House of Trastámara
!!Isabel and Fernando, The Catholic Monarchs (1470s-1500s)
[[FounderOfTheKingdom Unified the Peninsula]] (minus Portugal), undermined the power of [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocrats]], renewed the army and put an end to both [[MedievalStasis the Reconquista and the spanish Middle Ages]]. Also, they funded a certain ChristopherColumbus for an extravagant new route to the Indias.
!!Juana I, "The Mad Queen" (1504-1516)
Her short reign saw the roots of an ill-fated alliance with England and the HRE, but is best remembered for her going [[LoveMakesYouCrazy apeshit crazy]] and getting imprisoned in a tower afterwards by her late husband, who is...
!!Felipe I, "The Handsome" (1506)
Brief as he was, and never getting to reign alone, is just remembered for being a {{jerkass}} and totally disregard the queen in [[YourCheatingHeart his endless affairs]], thus, starting a long tradition.
!The House of Habsburgh
!!Carlos I, "The Kaiser" (1516-1556)
Arrived to Spain without a grasp of culture, society or language, for that matter and faced quite a few rebellions for it, wich he crushed promptly. Protestants were tougher, though, when Martin Luther nailed his theses under his nose. Cue the [[ForeverWar endless religious wars funded with the extense spanish empire resources]].
Also, when he understood he couldn't win he resigned to his son and retired into a monastery.
!!Felipe II, "the Cautious" (1556-1598)
As the religious wars escalated
!!Isabel and Fernando, The Catholic Monarchs (1470s-1500s)
[[FounderOfTheKingdom Unified the Peninsula]] (minus Portugal), undermined the power of [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocrats]], renewed the army and put an end to both [[MedievalStasis the Reconquista and the spanish Middle Ages]]. Also, they funded a certain ChristopherColumbus for an extravagant new route to the Indias.
!!Juana I, "The Mad Queen" (1504-1516)
Her short reign saw the roots of an ill-fated alliance with England and the HRE, but is best remembered for her going [[LoveMakesYouCrazy apeshit crazy]] and getting imprisoned in a tower afterwards by her late husband, who is...
!!Felipe I, "The Handsome" (1506)
Brief as he was, and never getting to reign alone, is just remembered for being a {{jerkass}} and totally disregard the queen in [[YourCheatingHeart his endless affairs]], thus, starting a long tradition.
!The House of Habsburgh
!!Carlos I, "The Kaiser" (1516-1556)
Arrived to Spain without a grasp of culture, society or language, for that matter and faced quite a few rebellions for it, wich he crushed promptly. Protestants were tougher, though, when Martin Luther nailed his theses under his nose. Cue the [[ForeverWar endless religious wars funded with the extense spanish empire resources]].
Also, when he understood he couldn't win he resigned to his son and retired into a monastery.
!!Felipe II, "the Cautious" (1556-1598)
As the religious wars escalated
