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Born November 11, 1748 • Portici • Italy
Died January 20, 1819 (aged 70) • Rome • Italy
Title / Office king (1788-1808), Spain
Notable Family Members father Charles III • son Ferdinand VII • son Carlos María Isidro de Borbón, conde de Molina

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Francisco Goya: portrait of Charles IV
Equestrian statue of Charles IV, bronze by Manuel Tolsá, 1803; in Mexico City.
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Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy
prime minister of Spain
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos
king of Spain
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish colonial administrator
Manuel de Godoy
prime minister of Spain
Adolfo Suárez González
prime minister of Spain
Azaña, Manuel
Manuel Azaña
president of Spain
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
prime minister of Spain
Felipe González Márquez
prime minister of Spain

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