Italy: Charles III (Carlo III; 1716 - 1788), King of Spain and the Spanish Indies and King of Naples and Sicily, Palazzo Reale di Napoli, Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples

Charles III (20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain and the Spanish Indies (1759–1788), after ruling Naples as Charles VII and Sicily as Charles V (1734–1759), kingdoms he abdicated to his son Ferdinand.

Charles was the fifth son of Philip V of Spain, and the eldest son of Philip's second wife, Elisabeth Farnese. A proponent of enlightened absolutism, he succeeded to the Spanish throne on 10 August 1759, upon the death of his half-brother King Ferdinand VI of Spain, who left no heirs.

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