House of Bourbon the country on 14 April 1931. He never formally abdicated, but lived the rest of his life in exile. He died in 1941. The Bourbon dynasty seemed finished in Spain as in the rest of the world, but it would be resurrected. The Second Spanish Republic was overthrown in the Spanish Civil War, leading to the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. He named Juan Carlos de Borbón, a grandson of Alfonso XIII, his successor in 1969. When Franco died six years later, Juan Carlos I took the throne to restore the Bourbon dynasty. The new king oversaw the Spanish transition to
Nicholas Bourbon (the elder) which Anne Boleyn is described as one of God's beloved servants. "Nugae" was the subject of an epigram of John Owen. Bourbon began writing Latin poetry at a young age. In an early poem titled "De Ferraria", Bourbon wrote about his origins and his native city of Vandeuvre, which was known in the 15th century for its cannonball forges. He also served as a précepteur for many important families, including that of the Cardinal of Tournon. He taught humanities in Amiens, in Langres, and in Troyes. His first poems were published in 1529 in a collection called "Vandoperani, campani, epigrammata,"