with gold; many people went to see it; copied of it are already being made!" It is well known that King Philip V, founder in Spain of the Bourbon dynasty, in 1701, was married a second time, in 1714, with Isabel de Farnesio - Princess of Parma, who gave him several sons: the first, D. Carlos, Gran Duque de Parma, King of Spain; the second, D. Francisco, who lived only one month, and the third, D. Philip, who was born on the 15th of May, 1720, and was the successor of D. Carlos in the dukedom of Parma, Plasencia y Guastala. It is irrelevant to relate here either the difficulties which Spain had to overpower, first of all against the quadruple alliance or the warlike expeditions she was obliged to carry

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