December 1808. Convulsive times. Spain had risen up in arms against the French enemy. And Manuel Godoy, Carlos IV’s favorite, was to blame for that war. On this day, 210 years ago, a canarian, also surnamed Godoy, ashamed, asked Fernando VII “to use only the surname of Verde”.
Tag: Archives
Archives I have consulted
Several weeks ago, I shared a news on Facebook about the Guide of the Spanish Archives that said there were more than 35.000 archives here in Spain. I can not stop thinking about it… so I have begun to make a list of the archives that I have consulted throughout years of historical and genealogical research. I…