- Born
- October 14, 1784
- Died
- September 29, 1833 (aged 48)
- Known as
- ruler
Ferdinand VII was King of Spain and the Indies during the early 19th century, and king of the Spains during the Spanish liberal period. He reigned as a prisoner of Napoleon, in absentia, or without effective sovereignty during the periods of Spanish liberalism, 1808–1813 and 1820–1823. Before 1813, he was known as el Deseado, and after, as el Rey Felón.
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