Editing History of Spain (section)

=== "Ominous Decade" (1823–1833) ===
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[[File:Fusilamiento de Torrijos (Gisbert).jpg|thumb|[[Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Málaga|Execution of Torrijos and his men]] in 1831. Ferdinand VII took [[Ominous Decade|repressive measures]] against the liberal forces in his country.]]
[[File:Bataille de la première guerre carliste 1833-1840.jpg|thumb|Battle of the First Carlist War, by [[Francisco de Paula Van Halen]]]]
In Spain, the failure of the second bourgeois revolution was followed by uneasy peace for the next decade. Having borne only a female heir presumptive, it appeared that Ferdinand would be succeeded by his brother, [[Infante Carlos, Count of Molina|Infante Carlos]]. While Ferdinand aligned with the conservatives, fearing another national insurrection, he did not view Carlos's reactionary policies as a viable option. Ferdinand – resisting the wishes of his brother – decreed the [[Pragmatic Sanction of 1830]], enabling his daughter Isabella to become Queen. Carlos, who made known his intent to resist the sanction, fled to Portugal.