This event occurred in part because a letter intended for Henry Bulwer had been read in the presence of Count Jarnac, and an indirect consequence of this event was the Austrian annexation of Krakow.
This event occurred in part because a letter intended for Henry Bulwer had been read in the presence of Count Jarnac, and an indirect consequence of this event was the Austrian annexation of Krakow. The individual who engineered this event in doing so broke a promise earlier made to Lord Aberdeen, and this event was planned to counteract the involvement of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. Although Lord Palmerston protested that this event violated the treaty of Utrecht, this event was nevertheless engineered by Francois Guizot, who feared British support of the Progresistas against the Moderados supported by France. For 10 points, identify this 1846 affair which saw the union of Isabella II and Francisco de Bourbon, duke of Cadiz, as well as Luisa Fernanda and Antonie, duc de Montpensier, the son of Louis-Phillippe, intended to secure French succession to the throne of an Iberian neighbor.
This event occurred in part because a letter intended for Henry Bulwer had been read in the presence of Count Jarnac, and an indirect consequence of this event was the Austrian annexation of Krakow.
Affair of the Spanish Marriages [accept anything mentioning Spain and weddings]