Editing Ferdinand VII (section)

===Death and succession crisis===
In May 1830, Ferdinand VII published the [[Pragmatic Sanction of 1830|Pragmatic Sanction]], again allowing daughters to succeed to the Spanish throne as well as sons. This decree had originally been approved by the [[Cortes Generales|Cortes]] in 1789, but it had never been officially promulgated. On 10 October 1830, Ferdinand's wife gave birth to a daughter, [[Isabella II of Spain|Isabella]], who thereupon displaced her uncle, Carlos, in the line of succession.{{sfn|Clarke|1906|pages=82–83}} After Ferdinand's death in late September 1833, Carlos revolted and said he was the legitimate king. Needing support, Maria Christina, as regent for her daughter, turned to the liberals.{{sfn|Clarke|1906|p=91}} She issued a decree of amnesty on 23 October 1833. Liberals who had been in exile returned and dominated Spanish politics for decades, leading to the [[Carlist Wars]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=A. W.|last1=Ward|first2=G.P.|last2=Gooch|author-link2=G. P. Gooch|title=The Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy 1783–1919|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdo8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA186|date=1970|edition=reprint|publisher=CUP|pages=186–187}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=John Van der Kiste|title=Divided Kingdom: The Spanish Monarchy from Isabel to Juan Carlos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oDc7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT6|year=2011|publisher=History Press Limited|pages=6–9|isbn=9780752470832}}</ref>