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In Spain, according to the law of succession, only men could reign.

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So Fernando VII changed this law so his daughter could ascend to the throne.

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Isabel II became queen when Fernando VII, her father, died in 1833.

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In her reign, there was a constitutional monarchy that limited her power.

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But lots of conflicts, riots and changes of government led to a revolution and in 1868 Isabel II went to France into exile.