Editing Ferdinand VII (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Ferdinand VII (1784–1833), When Prince of Asturias MET DT236256.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Young Ferdinand as [[Prince of Asturias]], 1800]]
[[File:8 reales Ferdinand VII - 1810.png|thumb|left|250px|[[Silver coin]]: 8 reales [[New Spain]] with a portrait of King Fernando VII, 1810<ref>Year: 1808–1811; Weight: 27,02 gram; Composition: Silver – 90,3%; Diameter: 38,5 mm – https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11524.html</ref>]]
[[File:8 reales Ferdinand VII - Bolivia 1823.png|thumb|left|250px|[[Silver coin]]: 8 reales [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]] with a portrait of King Fernando VII, 1823<ref>Year: 1808–1825; Weight: 27,02 gram; Composition: Silver – 89,6%; Diameter: 38,5 mm – https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26230.html</ref>]]
Ferdinand was the eldest surviving son of [[Charles IV of Spain]] and [[Maria Luisa of Parma]]. He was born in the palace of [[El Escorial]] near [[Madrid]]. In his youth he occupied the position of an heir apparent excluded from any participation in government by his parents and their favourite advisor and Prime Minister, [[Manuel Godoy]]. National discontent with the government produced a rebellion in 1805.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=267}} In October 1807, Ferdinand was arrested for his complicity in the [[El Escorial Conspiracy]] in which the rebels aimed at securing foreign support from the French Emperor [[Napoleon]]. When the conspiracy was discovered, he submitted to his parents.