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Charles III of Spain

1716 - 1788

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Charles III (Spanish: Carlos Sebastián de Borbón y Farnesio; 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); King of Naples, as Charles VII; and King of Sicily, as Charles III (1735–1759). He was the fourth son of Philip V of Spain and the eldest son of Philip's second wife, Elisabeth Farnese. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles III of Spain has received more than 2,686,849 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Charles III of Spain is the 401st most popular politician (up from 405th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Spain (down from 39th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Spanish Politician.

Charles III of Spain is most famous for being the first Bourbon king of Spain. He was the son of Philip V and grandson of Louis XIV. He was king of Spain from 1759 to 1788.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles III of Spain ranks 401 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Scipio Africanus, Ay, Decius, Michael I of Romania, and Selim III. After him are Philip I of Castile, Frederick IX of Denmark, Priam, Philip VI of France, Miklós Horthy, and Mahmud I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, Charles III of Spain ranks 1. After him are Yosa Buson, Étienne Maurice Falconet, James Lind, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Joseph-Marie Vien, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Antonio de Ulloa, Yuan Mei, Louise Diane d'Orléans, Thomas Gray, and Luis Egidio Meléndez. Among people deceased in 1788, Charles III of Spain ranks 1. After him are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Charles Edward Stuart, Thomas Gainsborough, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Georg Hamann, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, José, Prince of Brazil, and Infante Gabriel of Spain.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Charles III of Spain ranks 40 out of 3,355. Before him are Anne of Austria (1601), Saint Dominic (1170), Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), Isidore of Seville (560), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), and Luis Buñuel (1900). After him are Pope Callixtus III (1379), Joan Fuster (1922), Montserrat Caballé (1933), Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), Arcadius (377), and Roland (736).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Charles III of Spain ranks 14. Before him are Joanna of Castile (1479), Charles II of Spain (1661), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Philip III of Spain (1578), and Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886). After him are Arcadius (377), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Abd al-Rahman III (889), Josep Borrell (1947), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), and Alfonso XII of Spain (1857).

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