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Carlos III, niño - Public domain painting

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Español: Carlos III de Borbón llamado El Político (Madrid, 20 de enero de 1716 – Ibid., 14 de diciembre de 1788). Duque de Parma con el nombre de Carlos I (Carlo I) entre 1731 y 1735, Rey de Nápoles y Sicilia con el nombre de Carlos VII (Carlo VII) de 1734 a 1759 y de España (1759–88), perteneciente a la Casa de Borbón.English: Charles III (20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indes from 1759 to his death in 1788.
Eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, Princess Elisabeth of Parma, he became the Duke of Parma and Piacenza under the name of Charles I (at the death of his great uncle Antonio Farnese); later on in 1734 while Duke of Parma he conquered the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily and was thus created the King of Naples and Sicily due to a personal union; he ruled under the simple name of Charles with no specific numeration even though time has made him Charles VII of Naples and Charles V and Sicily. In Sicily, he was known as Charles III of Sicily and of Jerusalem; using the ordinal one III rather than V for the Sicilian people did not recognise as their sovereign legitimate one or Charles I of Naples (Charles d'Anjou), against whom they rebelled, nor the Emperor Charles, quickly discharged of the island. He was crowned King of Naples and Sicily at Palermo, Sicily on 3 July 1735.

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1700 - 1799
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Museo del Prado
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