Madrid: A Traveller's Reader by Hugh Thomas

Author:Hugh Thomas [Thomas, Hugh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Europe, Spain & Portugal, Essays & Travelogues
ISBN: 9781408710319
Google: UukuDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B073ZMPM73
Goodreads: 37571366
Publisher: Robinson
Published: 2018-01-11T00:00:00+00:00

* Juan de Villanueva (1731–1811) was the leading architect in Madrid at the end of the eighteenth century. He was also responsible for the Museum of the Prado.

* King Charles IV (1748–1819) and Queen María Luisa (1751–1819).

† The Infanta María Josefa (1744–1801), sister of Charles IV, whose middle-aged features can be seen at the back in Goya’s portrait of the Royal Family (1800).

* This was the 4th Duke, Carlos Fernando Fitzjames Stuart (1752–1790).

† The Duchess was Catalina Augusta de Stolberg, daughter of Gustav Adolf, Prince of Stolberg.

‡ The Duchesse de la Vauguion was the wife of the French ambassador.

§ Pedro, Conde Campomanes (1723–1802), Asturian statesman.

* Pedro de Toledo, 14th Duke of Infantado (1773–1841), statesman and general.

* Luis María Fernández de Córdoba, 12th Duque de Medinaceli (1749–1806) married (1764) Joaquina María de Benavides, Duquesa de Santisteban in her own right.

* Général André Labruyère (1768–1808).

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