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Carlism began in 1833, when King Ferdinand VII, dying without a male heir, directed that his daughter Isabella assume the crown.

From Time Magazine Archive

Carlism was her creed, and her creed would be more than a creed, it would be a passion too.

From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

With the fall of Zumalacarregui Carlism received a death-blow in Spain, for there is little hope that one of this dynasty of claimants will ever reach the throne.

From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles

Carlism took up arms again; Cuba revolted; and the government found itself powerless to bring matters to a peaceful condition.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)

I paid for the tear-drop, tariff-wise, with an extra franc, although it is not my vocation to subsidize Carlism.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno