Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 16 ga Agusta 1833, an nada shi minista a kotun Spain. Ferdinand VII ya mutu a cikin wata guda da isowarsa Madrid, kuma an sanya jariri sarauniya Isabella, a shekara ta uku a lokacin, a kan gadon sarautar da ake jayayya da ita, bisa ga tsohuwar al'adar Spain na gadon mata. Don Carlos, ɗan'uwan marigayi sarki, ya yi da'awar kambi bisa ga dokar Salic na Gidan Bourbon wanda Ferdinand ya yi watsi da shi kafin haihuwar 'yarsa. Isabella II da mahaifiyarta Christina, sarauniya mai mulki, sun zama wakilan tsarin mulki na tsarin mulki, Don Carlos na Katolika. Rikicin da ya raba ikon mulkin mallaka da ikon tsarin mulki na Turai tun bayan juyin juya halin Faransa na 1830
ya barke a yakin basasa a Spain, kuma ta hanyar Yarjejeniyar Quadruple, wanda aka sanya hannu a ranar 22 ga Afrilu 1834, Faransa da Ingila sun yi alkawarin kare gadon sarautar Spain da Portugal. Shekaru shida Villiers ya ci gaba da ba da goyon baya mafi inganci da hankali ga gwamnatin Liberal ta Spain. An zarge shi, kodayake ba daidai ba ne, na fa'idantar da juyin juya halin La Granja, wanda ya kori Christina, sarauniyar uwa, daga masarautar, kuma ya ɗaga Espartero zuwa matsayin mai mulki. Babu shakka ya goyi bayan shugabannin jam'iyyar Liberal, kamar Espartero, a kan makircin kotun Faransa; amma manufar gwamnatin Birtaniya ita ce ta kafa gadon sarautar Isabella a kan kasa da kuma 'yanci na gaskiya kuma don kauce wa waɗannan rikitarwa, wanda aka tsara ta hanyar rinjayar kasashen waje, wanda a ƙarshe ya tabbatar da mummunan rauni ga wannan gimbiya.