Ferdinand died in Madrigalejo

Spain, Jan. 23, 1516, and was interred in the cathedral of Granada with Queen Isabella. Ferdinand VII., son of Charles IV.; born in San Ildefonso, Oct. 13, 1784: succeeded his father in 1808 Upon the entry of Napoleon’s troops into Spain, Ferdinand was taken prisoner and carried to Valencay, where he and ‘his family remained till 1813, when he ‘was restored to his kingdom. After his restoration he di olved the Cortes and a umed the powers of an abso- ' Jute monarch. He reéstablished the Inquisition, and those very liberals.who had fought for the expulsion of the French from Spanish soil he persecuted with gro rancor. In 1820 his people broke out into rebellion and reéstablished fhe Cortes.