Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all landsEmbodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive . elled. But the leaders of themovement were not republicans, and tiiey at once looked round for aPrince to fill the vacant throne. There were three Bourbon candidates,Alfonso, Isabellas son; the Duke of Montpensier, husband of the Queenssister; and Don Carlos, the representative of the legal claims of t
Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all landsEmbodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive . elled. But the leaders of themovement were not republicans, and tiiey at once looked round for aPrince to fill the vacant throne. There were three Bourbon candidates,Alfonso, Isabellas son; the Duke of Montpensier, husband of the Queenssister; and Don Carlos, the representative of the legal claims of themale line. But no one of them was acceptable to the people or to theirleaders, and it was necessary to seek a foreign ruler. Serrano wasappointed Regent during the interregnum, and Prim undertook the officeof Minister of War. The Cortes drew up a newconstitution, by whicha hereditary king was to rule in conjunction with a Senate and a popularchamber. The Iberian party wished to unite the whole peninsula bythe election of the King of Portugal, but he refused to entertain the pro-posal. At last it was decided to offer the crown to Leopold, of Hohen-zoIlern-Sigmaringen, belonging to a distant branch of the royal family ofPrussia. The Prince expressed his personal willingness to accept the.
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