Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz

Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz

Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain (10 March 1794 – 13 August 1865) was an Infante of Spain and the youngest son of Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma. He was a brother of Ferdinand VII, as well as the uncle and father-in-law of Isabella II. His education at the Spanish court was derailed by the Napoleonic intervention in Spain. The departure of the fourteen-year-old Infante to exile in May 1808 provoked a popular uprising that was violently suppressed by French troops. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz has received more than 14,226 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz is the 271st most popular nobleman (down from 242nd in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Spain (down from 386th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Spanish Nobleman.

Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, was the son of King Charles IV of Spain and his second wife Maria Luisa of Parma. He was born at the Royal Palace of Madrid. His father was deposed in 1808 and he lived in exile in France until 1814 when his father was restored to the throne. He was made a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1815.