Like its French predecessor, the palace was intended to display the power and grandeur of an absolute Bourbon monarchy.

The new Bourbon monarchy drew on the French system of modernising the administration and the economy.

The French imperial government now looked to a diplomatic success to stifle demands for a return to either a republic or a Bourbon monarchy.

All six Swiss units were disbanded in 1830 following the final overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy.

However, the Bourbon monarchy allowed for Catalonia's civil law code to be maintained.

This was a signal that the Bourbon monarchy was in a weakened state and subject to the demands of its people.

Among the more well-known was that of the French Bourbon monarchy.

When the Bourbon monarchy was restored in 1814, hundreds of claimants came forward.

It soon became clear that the occupiers wished to again restore the Bourbon monarchy.

Fleur-de-lys - the lily, emblem of the Bourbon monarchy.