Editing Isabella II (section)

=== Beginnings ===
[[File:Castelaro-isabel II jura la constitucion.JPG|thumb|''Isabella swears the Constitution'', by {{ill|José Castelaro|es}}.]]
Isabella was declared of age and swore the [[Spanish Constitution of 1837|1837 Constitution]] on 10 November 1843,<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Los mecanismos de creación normativa en la España del siglo XIX a través de la codificación penal|first=Gabriela|last=Cobo del Rosal Pérez|journal=Anuario de Historia del Derecho Español|issn=0304-4319|issue=81|year=2011<!--|pages=921–972-->|page=935|url=https://www.boe.es/publicaciones/anuarios_derecho/abrir_pdf.php?id=ANU-H-2011-10092100972_ANUARIO_DE_HISTORIA_DEL_DERECHO_ESPA%C3%91OL_Los_mecanismos_de_creaci%C3%B3n_normativa_en_la_Espa%C3%B1a_del_siglo_XIX_a_trav%C3%A9s_de_la_codificaci%C3%B3n_penal}}</ref> age thirteen. Despite the alleged parliamentary supremacy, in practice, the "double trust" led to Isabella having a role in the making and toppling of governments, undermining the progressives.<ref>{{Cite journal|page=228|title=Liberalismo y cultura política liberal en la España del siglo XIX|first=Antonio|last=Moliner Prada|journal=Revista de História das Ideias|issn=0870-0958|publisher=[[University of Coimbra|Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra]]|location=Coimbra|volume=37|year=2019|doi=10.14195/2183-8925_37_9|s2cid=244017803|url=https://digitalis-dsp.uc.pt/jspui/bitstream/10316.2/46670/3/ebook%20Historia%20das%20Ideias%2037.pdf}}</ref> The uneasy alliance between moderates and progressives that had toppled Espartero in July 1843 was already disintegrating by the time of the coming of age of the queen.<ref name=perezalonso /> Following a brief government led by progressive [[Salustiano de Olózaga]], the moderates elected their candidate, [[Pedro José Pidal]], to the presidency of the Cortes.<ref name=perezalonso /> After the subsequent decision to dissolve the hostile Cortes by Olózaga on 28 November, rumours about an alleged forcing of the queen to sign the royal decree spread. As a result, Olózaga was prosecuted, removed from political office, and forced to exile, with the Progressive Party already being beheaded, in what was the starting point of their growing disaffection from the Isabelline monarchy.<ref name=perezalonso>{{Cite journal|title=Ramón María Narváez: biografía de un hombre de estado. El desmontaje de la falsa leyenda del "Espadón de Loja"|journal=Historia Constitucional: Revista Electrónica de Historia Constitucional|issn=1576-4729|issue=14|year=2013|last=Pérez Alonso|first=Jorge|pages=539–540|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5700017.pdf}}</ref>