Expulsion of Isabella II
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64-550: A bilingual bell-boy from the hotel as their interpreter. In the post war-era The Majestic served as the first headquarters of UNESCO , from September 16, 1946 until 1958, when it was converted into a conference center for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs , known as the International Conference Center. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was founded at the hotel in 1960 and it
96-567: A constitution. Prim, a perennial rebel against the Isabelline governments, was named regent in 1869. The aged Espartero was brought up as an option, still having considerable sway among the progressives; even after he rejected the notion of being named king, he received eight votes for his coronation in the final tally. Many proposed Isabella's young son Alfonso (the future Alfonso XII of Spain ), but others thought that he would be dominated by his mother and inherit her flaws. Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg ,
128-556: A high ranking German officer who wrote Hotel Majestic: Ein Deutscher im besetzten Frankreich and was a supporter of the plot to kill Hitler. After the plot failed, Bargatzky left his office at The Majestic and returned to room 409 in The Raphael to await his arrest. It never came and like other fringe members of the plot, Bargatzky was allowed to serve out the war at The Majestic. The final battle for The Majestic took place on 25 August in
160-526: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Glorious Revolution (Spain) [REDACTED] Revolutionaries [REDACTED] Kingdom of Spain The Glorious Revolution ( Spanish : la Gloriosa or la Septembrina ) took place in Spain in 1868, resulting in the deposition of Queen Isabella II . The success of the revolution marked
192-567: The Glorious Revolution . The Duke of Sesto preceded the queen to France and arranged for her welcome by Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie . The Duke of Sesto and Eugénie had known one another since they were teenagers in Madrid . The Palacio Castilla was used as the queen's home in exile, and it was where the Duke of Sesto and Queen Isabella plotted to have her son Prince Alfonso elevated to
224-616: The King of Belgium . Tauber constructed the luxurious Hotel Majestic on the site, retaining Queen Isabella's bathroom accoutrements, including her marble bath, in the Presidential suite. Designed by Armand Sibien, construction began in 1906 and the hotel opened in December 1908. The hotel was purchased by Henry Devenish Harben for use as a military hospital at the outbreak of World War I in 1914, and served in this capacity for five months. It
256-637: The Palacio Castilla in Paris , until her death in 1904. The revolutionary spirit that had just overthrown the Spanish government lacked direction; the coalition of liberals, moderates , and republicans were faced with the incredible task of creating a government that would suit them better than had Isabella. Control of the government passed to Francisco Serrano, an architect of the revolution against Baldomero Espartero 's dictatorship. The Cortes initially rejected
288-585: The SS over policy, especially with regard to the deportation of Jews to concentration camps, reprisals against French partisans and protection of works of art in French museums. The Majestic became known as a centre of opposition to certain aspects of Adolf Hitler 's policies, especially when Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel took charge of administering the Militärbefehlshaber Frankreich. On May 22, 1942, after
320-637: The Wannsee Conference an exclusive presentation was made to the higher echelons of the German army at the Hotel Majestic by Reinhard Heydrich , one of the main architects of the Holocaust . He spoke of experiments for the killing of Jews using a specially prepared truck whose exhaust fumes would kill the deportees. In this context the word “gassing” was first used outside of Hitler's inner circle in relation to
352-591: The moderates , the progressives, and the members of the Unión Liberal. An opposition to her government had developed that crossed party lines. Leopoldo O'Donnell 's death in 1867 caused the Unión Liberal to unravel; many of its supporters, who had crossed party lines to create the party initially, joined the growing movement to overthrow Isabella in favor of a more effective regime. In September 1868, naval forces under admiral Juan Bautista Topete mutinied in Cadiz . This
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#1732855118250384-608: The Cortes proclaimed Isabella's son as King Alfonso XII . Palacio Castilla The Peninsula Paris is an historic luxury hotel , originally known as the Hotel Majestic , located on Avenue Kléber in the 16th arrondissement of Paris , France . It opened in 1908 as the Hotel Majestic and was converted to government offices in 1936. The hotel served as a field hospital for wounded officers during World War I , staffed largely by British aristocrats. During World War II , it served as
416-609: The Jewish population of Paris. Joseph Goebbels established his Paris propaganda headquarters at the Majestic around the same time and the building's staff assumed control of the notorious Camp Royallieu at Compiègne, known to the Germans as Frontstalag 122, which served as a feeder station for the extermination camps at Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, Buchenwald and Dachau. Stülpnagel opposed the policy and decided to act against Hitler. With other members of
448-510: The Resistance. A German spokesman was brought to Massu under a white flag and with Langlade's approval, Massu went to The Majestic accompanied by Senior Sergeant Dannic. As they approached Dannic was shot dead by a sniper firing from the hotel's rooftop. Despite this, Massu continued up the hotel's steps and entered The Majestic's lobby to find fifty German officers and 300 other ranks. The Germans surrendered to Massu without further resistance, using
480-504: The Spanish throne. The duke talked Queen Isabella into abdicating on June 20, 1870, the ceremony taking place at Palacio Castilla in the presence of as many Spanish grandees as could be brought to Paris for the ceremony. The queen's abdication led toward France's declaration of war against Prussia less than a month later. Queen Isabella continued to live in Paris, while the Duke of Sesto succeeded in arousing support in Spain for Prince Alfonso, who
512-533: The afternoon as Jaques Massu and Colonel Paul de Langlade of the French 2nd Armored Division moved their troops from the Champs-Élysées to the heavily fortified and barricaded Avenue Kléber. One of Massu's officers worked his way around the rear of The Majestic on Rue la Pérouse, which was protected by a blockhouse that could only be subdued by a bazooka, but the Germans inside the hotel said they would be willing to surrender to regular soldiers, rather than men of
544-548: The beginning of the Sexenio Democrático with the installment of a provisional government. Leading up to the Glorious Revolution, there had been numerous failed attempts to overthrow the unpopular Queen Isabella, most notably in 1854 and 1861 . An 1866 rebellion led by General Juan Prim and a revolt of the sergeants at San Gil barracks, in Madrid , sent a signal to Spanish liberals and republicans that there
576-399: The extermination of the Jewish population of Paris. On this occasion, Heydrich introduced Carl Oberg , the new police and SS officer for Paris, who had been issued with the authority to order deportations of Jews without reference to the military commander of the French authorities. Militärbefehlshaber Frankreich staff at The Majestic were soon processing hundreds of deportation orders against
608-525: The famous hotel chain's first property in Europe, in a joint venture with Katara Hospitality . The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited , parent company of Peninsula Hotels, owns a 20% interest in the property. The architectural designs were by Richard Martinet of Affine architecture & interior design, while the interiors were by Henry Leung of Hong Kong-based CAP Atelier Ltd. The hotel offers 200 luxury rooms, including 34 suites. The Second Empire building
640-481: The former regent of neighboring Portugal , was sometimes mentioned as a possibility. Politicians feared that a nomination offered to Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen would trigger a Franco-Prussian War . In August 1870, they selected an Italian prince, Amadeo of Savoy . The younger son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy , Amadeo had less of the troublesome political baggage that a German or French claimant would bring, and his liberal credentials were strong. He
672-551: The headquarters of the German military high command in France during the German occupation of Paris . The building played a pivotal role in the deportation of Parisian Jews and the 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler . The building reopened as The Peninsula Paris in August 2014, following a complicated and costly restoration. Avenue Kléber , part of Baron Haussmann 's rebuilding plan for Paris,
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#1732855118250704-451: The notion of a republic; Serrano was named regent while a search was launched for a suitable monarch to lead the country. In 1869, the Cortes wrote and promulgated a liberal constitution, the first such constitution in Spain since 1812. The search for a suitable king proved to be problematic for the Cortes . The republicans were mostly willing to accept a monarch if he was capable and abided by
736-678: The officer class working out of The Majestic and billeted in The Raphael next door, Stülpnagel began to plan Hitler's assassination from his office on The Majestic's second floor. On 20 July 1944, Stülpnagel's co-conspirator Claus von Stauffenberg made his assassination attempt on Hitler at the Wolfsschanze in East Prussia . For his part, Stülpnagel put his part of the plot into operation from The Majestic, ordering Hans Otfried von Linstow to round up all SS and Gestapo officers in Paris and imprison them. These events were witnessed by Walter Bargatzky,
768-476: Was damaged during its hospital service, and was not renovated and reopened until 1916. In 1919 the Hotel Majestic was the site for the Supreme Inter-Allied Council and Preliminary Peace Conference from February to June. In 1922 it was the site of a famous dinner hosted by Violet and Sydney Schiff and attended by Marcel Proust , Igor Stravinsky and Pablo Picasso . The "dinner party of the century"
800-494: Was elected King as Amadeo I of Spain on November 3, 1870. He landed in Cartagena on November 27, the same day that Juan Prim was assassinated while leaving the Cortes . Amadeo swore upon the general's corpse that he would uphold Spain's constitution. He lasted two years, after which the parties formed the first Spanish Republic . That in turn lasted two years. No political force was willing to restore Isabella; instead, in 1875
832-660: Was immortalised in Richard Davenport-Hines's book, Proust at the Majestic: The Last Days of the Author Whose Book Changed Paris . The 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad was held at the hotel in 1924. George Gershwin wrote An American in Paris while staying at the hotel in 1928. David Ogilvy (businessman) having failed his exams in Oxford worked in the hotel kitchens between 1931-32. The hotel
864-555: Was originally known as l'avenue du Roi de Rome in tribute to Napoleon I ’s son, the Roi de Rome . In 1864, a rich Russian nobleman named Alexander Basilewski ( de ) constructed a palace at 19 avenue du Roi de Rome, designed by architect Clément Parent . Basilewski sold the palace in 1868 to the Duke of Sesto , who renamed it the Palacio Castilla . It was bought on behalf of Queen Isabella II of Spain , who had just been exiled from Spain following
896-670: Was purchased by the French government in 1936 to serve as offices for the Ministry of Defence . It served as the headquarters of the German military high command in France (Militärbefehlshaber Frankreich) from October 1940 to July 1944 during the occupation of Paris in World War II . During the Nazi Occupation of Paris, staff army officials at The Majestic fought fierce battles with the Gestapo and
928-564: Was serious unrest that could be harnessed if it were properly led. Liberals and republican exiles abroad made agreements at Ostend in 1866 and Brussels in 1867. These agreements laid the framework for a major uprising, this time not merely to replace the Prime Minister with a Liberal, but to overthrow Queen Isabella, whom Spanish liberals and republicans began to see as the source of Spain's difficulties. Her continual vacillation between liberal and conservative quarters had, by 1868, outraged
960-794: Was the location for the signing of the Paris Peace Accords on January 27, 1973 that ended American involvement in the Vietnam War . Later, on October 23, 1991, the 1991 Paris Peace Accords , which ended the Cambodian-Vietnamese War and Khmer Rouge civil war, were also signed there. The French government sold the building in 2008 as part of a cost-cutting measure to the Qatari Diar firm for $ 460 million. It reopened on August 1, 2014, following extensive rebuilding by Vinci Construction costing €338 million, as The Peninsula Paris,
992-610: Was the same city where a half-century before, Rafael del Riego had launched his coup against Isabella 's father, Ferdinand VII . When the generals Prim and Francisco Serrano denounced the government, much of the army defected to the revolutionary generals on their arrival in Spain. The queen made a brief show of force at the Battle of Alcolea , where her loyal moderado generals under Manuel Pavia were defeated by General Serrano. In 1868, Queen Isabella crossed into France and retired from Spanish politics. She lived there in exile, at
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1024-482: Was welcomed into Madrid in 1875 as King Alfonso XII. However, he died at the age of 27 of tuberculosis, and he was succeeded by his son Alfonso XIII as an infant under the regency of his mother Queen Maria Cristina . Dowager queen Isabella continued to live in Paris until her death in 1904. The property was then acquired by hotel magnate Leonard Tauber after a bidding war that involved the United States government and
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