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Charles IV of Spain

1748 - 1819

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Charles IV (Spanish: Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego de Borbón y Sajonia; 11 November 1748 – 20 January 1819) was King of Spain and ruler of the Spanish Empire from 1788 to 1808. The Spain inherited by Charles IV gave few indications of instability, but during his reign, Spain entered a series of disadvantageous alliances and his regime constantly sought cash to deal with the exigencies of war. He detested his son and heir Ferdinand, who led the unsuccessful El Escorial Conspiracy and later forced Charles's abdication after the Tumult of Aranjuez in March 1808, along with ousting Charles's widely hated first minister Manuel Godoy. Summoned to Bayonne by Napoleon Bonaparte, who forced Ferdinand VII to abdicate, Charles IV also abdicated, paving the way for Napoleon to place his older brother Joseph Bonaparte on the throne of Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles IV of Spain is the 888th most popular politician (down from 659th in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 309th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Italian Politician.

Charles IV was King of Spain from 1788 to 1808. He was the son of Charles III and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony. He was the last Spanish monarch of the House of Bourbon.

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Among politicians, Charles IV of Spain ranks 888 out of 19,576. Before him are Sigismund II Augustus, John of Bohemia, Gojong of Korea, Maurice, Prince of Orange, Jadwiga of Poland, and Ngo Dinh Diem. After him are Yulia Tymoshenko, Karl Liebknecht, Gallienus, Horace Walpole, Vidkun Quisling, and John A. Macdonald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Charles IV of Spain ranks 4. Before him are Jacques-Louis David, Jeremy Bentham, and Charles XIII of Sweden. After him are Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Olympe de Gouges, Claude Louis Berthollet, Adam Weishaupt, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, William V, Prince of Orange, and Johann Friedrich Gmelin. Among people deceased in 1819, Charles IV of Spain ranks 2. Before him is James Watt. After him are Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Maria Luisa of Parma, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Kamehameha I, Daniel Rutherford, August von Kotzebue, Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Charles IV of Spain ranks 393 out of 5,161. Before him are Maxentius (278), Sallust (-86), Man in the Iron Mask (1640), Pope John I (470), Claudio Abbado (1933), and Pope John IX (850). After him are Pope Mark (290), Gallienus (218), Antonio Canova (1757), Pope Stephen IV (770), Gaius Octavius (-100), and Pope Sergius I (650).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Charles IV of Spain ranks 58. Before him are Gordian III (225), Aldo Moro (1916), Herod Agrippa II (28), Atia (-85), Catiline (-109), and Maxentius (278). After him are Gallienus (218), Gaius Octavius (-100), Enrico Dandolo (1107), Lucius Caesar (-17), Giorgio Napolitano (1925), and Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751).

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