Editing Simón Bolívar (section)

===Education and first journey to Europe: 1793–1802===
As a child, Bolívar was notoriously unruly{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1pp=23–24|Langley|2009|2p=9|Arana|2013|3p=22}} and neglected his studies.{{sfn|Arana|2013|p=25}} Before his mother died, he spent two years under the tutelage of the Venezuelan lawyer [[Miguel José Sanz]] at the direction of the {{ill|Real Audiencia of Caracas|es|Real Audiencia de Caracas}}, the [[Real Audiencia|Spanish court of appeals]] in Caracas.{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1pp=23–24|Langley|2009|2p=9|Arana|2013|3pp=22–23}} In 1793, Carlos enrolled Bolívar at a {{ill|Casa de Las Primeras Letras|es|lt=rudimentary primary school}} run by Venezuelan educator [[Simón Rodríguez]].{{sfnm|Lynch|2006|1p=17|Arana|2013|2p=32}} In June 1795, Bolívar fled his uncle's custody for the house of his sister María Antonia and her husband.{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=25|2a1=Slatta|2a2=de Grummond|2y=2003|2p=14|Lynch|2006|3p=17|Arana|2013|4p=32}} The couple sought formal recognition of his change of residence,{{sfn|Arana|2013|p=32}} but the Real Audiencia decided the matter in favor of Palacios, who sent Simón to live with Rodríguez.{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=25|Lynch|2006|2p=17|Arana|2013|3p=33}}

After two months there, the Real Audiencia directed that he be returned to the Palacios family home.{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=25|Arana|2013|2p=34}} Bolívar promised the Real Audiencia that he would focus on his education and was subsequently taught full-time by Rodríguez and the Venezuelan intellectuals [[Andrés Bello]] and {{ill|Francisco de Andújar|es}}.{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1pp=24–25|Lynch|2006|2pp=16–17|Arana|2013|3pp=34–35}} In 1797, Rodríguez's connection to the pro-independence [[Gual and España conspiracy]] forced him to go into exile,{{Sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=27|Lynch|2006|2p=17|Arana|2013|3pp=36–37}} and Bolívar was enrolled in an honorary militia force. When he was commissioned as an officer after a year,{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=27|2a1=Slatta|2a2=de Grummond|2y=2003|2p=17|Lynch|2006|3p=18|Arana|2013|4p=37}} his uncles Carlos and {{ill|Esteban Palacios y Blanco|es}} decided to send Bolívar to join the latter in [[Madrid]].{{sfnm|Lynch|2006|1p=18|Arana|2013|2p=37}} There, Esteban was friends with Queen [[Maria Luisa of Parma|Maria Luisa]]'s [[Favourite|favorite]], Manuel Mallo.{{sfnm|1a1=Slatta|1a2=de Grummond|1y=2003|1p=17|Arana|2013|2p=42}}

[[File:Simón Bolívar, 1800.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|alt=Miniature portrait of Bolívar in 1800|[[Miniature portrait]] of Bolívar in 1800]]
[[File:Simón Bolívar, 1804.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Bolívar at the age of 20 (1804)]]

On 19 January 1799, Bolívar boarded the Spanish warship [[Spanish ship San Ildefonso|''San Ildefonso'']] at the port of [[La Guaira]],{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=27|Lynch|2006|2p=18|Arana|2013|3p=38}} bound for [[Cádiz]].{{sfn|Arana|2013|p=37}} He arrived in [[Santoña]], on the northern coast of Spain, in May 1799.{{sfnm|1a1=Slatta|1a2=de Grummond|1y=2003|1p=18|Lynch|2006|2p=18}} A little over a week later,{{sfnm|1a1=Slatta|1a2=de Grummond|1y=2003|1p=18|Arana|2013|2p=43}} he arrived in Madrid and joined Esteban,{{sfnm|1a1=Slatta|1a2=de Grummond|1y=2003|1p=18|Lynch|2006|2p=19|Arana|2013|3p=43}} who found Bolívar to be "very ignorant."{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=28|2a1=Slatta|2a2=de Grummond|2y=2003|2p=18|Langley|2009|3p=13|Arana|2013|4p=44}} Esteban asked Gerónimo Enrique de Uztáriz y Tovar, a Caracas native and government official, to educate Bolívar.{{sfn|Arana|2013|p=44}}{{sfn|Cardozo Uzcátegui|2011|pp=17–18}} Bolívar moved into Uztáriz's residence in February 1800 and was educated in the [[Classics]], literature, and social studies.{{sfn|Cardozo Uzcátegui|2011|pp=14, 19}}{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=28|Langley|2009|2p=13|Arana|2013|3p=44}}

At the same time, Mallo fell out of the Queen's favor and [[Manuel Godoy]], her previous favorite, returned to power.{{sfnm|1a1=Slatta|1a2=de Grummond|1y=2003|1p=19|Arana|2013|2p=46}} As members of Mallo's faction at court, Esteban was arrested on pretense,{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=30|2a1=Slatta|2a2=de Grummond|2y=2003|2p=18|Arana|2013|3p=46}} and Bolívar was banished from court following a public incident at the [[Puerta de Toledo]] over the wearing of diamonds without royal permission.{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1pp=30–31|2a1=Slatta|2a2=de Grummond|2y=2003|2p=19|Langley|2009|3p=13}} Bolívar also at this time met [[María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa]], the daughter of another wealthy Caracas creole.{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=30|2a1=Slatta|2a2=de Grummond|2y=2003|2pp=18–19|Arana|2013|3pp=46–47}} They were [[engaged]] in August 1800,{{sfn|Lynch|2006|p=20}} but were separated when the del Toros left Madrid for a [[summer home]] in [[Bilbao]].{{sfnm|Lynch|2006|1p=20|Arana|2013|2p=47}} After Uztáriz left Madrid for a government assignment in [[Teruel]] in 1801,{{sfn|Lynch|2006|p=20}}{{sfn|Cardozo Uzcátegui|2011|p=18}} Bolívar himself left for Bilbao and remained there when the del Toros returned to the capital in August 1801.{{sfnm|1a1=Slatta|1a2=de Grummond|1y=2003|1p=19|Arana|2013|2p=47}} Early in 1802, Bolívar traveled to [[Paris]] while he awaited permission to return to Madrid, which was granted in April.{{sfnm|Masur|1969|1p=31|2a1=Slatta|2a2=de Grummond|2y=2003|2p=19|Lynch|2006|3p=20}}