I am Charles III of Spain, I was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. I was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); King of Naples, as Charles VII; and King of Sicily, as Charles III (1735–1759). I was the fourth son of Philip V of Spain and the eldest son of Philip's second wife, Elisabeth Farnese. I was a proponent of enlightened absolutism and regalism.