Juan Prim's death has deprived Amadeo of…

Juan Prim's death has deprived Amadeo of a staunch supporter.

Bereft of Prim's help and feebly served by a series of short-lived ministries, Amadeo faces continuous turmoil.

He attempts to rule as a constitutional monarch but, opposed both by Republicans and by Carlists, he can form no stable government from the “September coalition” of former conservative Liberal Unionists, the ex-Progressives, and the moderate Democrats—now called Radicals.

Once Amadeo calls the Radicals to power, the conservatives desert the dynasty.

Support for Alfonso, the grandson of Don Carlos, increases, along with republican agitation, and the Second Carlist War beaks out in 1872.