1840 Queen of Spain Isabella II Signed Royal Document Letter Spanish Royalty ES

Description: LOT-G450. For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and historically important original antique c.1840 Spanish royal handwritten manuscript military appointment commission document / letter, boldly hand-signed and sealed "Yo La Reina" (I the Queen) in black gallic fountain pen ink by Queen Isabella II of Spain. Royal Spanish document features the royal wax seal of Queen Isabella II with crown, cipher, and wafer paper wax seal with the embossed royal coat of arms of Spain. Royal Spain manuscript document is original.The document measures approximately 17.5" x 12.5". The paper type is laid. Document is watermarked with a royal watermark. Museum quality. It's one of a kind. Authentic and correct. Isabella II (Spanish: Isabel II, Mara Isabel Luisa de Borbn y Borbn-Dos Sicilias; 10 October 1830 9 April 1904) was Queen of Spain from 1833 until her deposition in 1868. She is the only queen regnant in the history of unified Spain. Isabella was the elder daughter of King Ferdinand VII and Queen Maria Christina. Shortly before Isabella's birth, her father issued the Pragmatic Sanction to revert the Salic Law and ensure the succession of his firstborn daughter due to his lack of a son. She came to the throne a month before her third birthday, but her succession was disputed by her uncle Infante Carlos (founder of the Carlist movement), whose refusal to recognize a female sovereign led to the Carlist Wars. Under the regency of her mother, Spain transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy, adopting the Royal Statute of 1834 and Constitution of 1837. Isabella was declared of age and began her personal rule in 1843. Her effective reign was a period marked by palace intrigues, back-stairs and antechamber influences, barracks conspiracies, and military pronunciamientos. Her marriage to Francisco de Ass, Duke of Cdiz was an unhappy one, and her personal conduct as well as rumors of affairs damaged her reputation. In September 1868, a naval mutiny began in Cadiz, marking the beginning of the Glorious Revolution. The defeat of her forces by Marshal Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre brought her reign to an end, and she went into exile in France. In 1870, she formally abdicated the Spanish throne in favor of her son, Alfonso. In 1874, the First Spanish Republic was overthrown in a coup. The Bourbon monarchy was restored, and Alfonso ascended the throne as King Alfonso XII. Isabella returned to Spain two years later but soon again left for France, where she resided until her death in 1904. Document translation: ISABEL THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SPANISH MONARCHY, QUEEN OF THE SPAINS. Because... (handwriting illegible / untranslated). Therefore, I order the Captain General & Commander General of the Holy Fathers to serve the appropriate order so that you are put in possession of the aforementioned employment in the Army and District and who will be of encouragement to the corresponding, so that a decision is taken from this Office in of the same, where a seat of the aforementioned complex will be formed for you with the salary prefixed by regulations and from current times, of which you must pay double on the day of the birthday of the Captain Commanding General, as stated in the first review. Completed in one thousand eight hundred and forty.

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