Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Carlos a ranar 29 ga Maris, 1788 a Palacio Real de Aranjuez a Aranjuez, Ƙungiyar Madrid. A shekara ta 1808, Napoleon ya kama Madrid a Yaƙin Somosierra
, kuma ya sa mahaifin Carlos Charles IV da ɗan'uwan Carlos Ferdinand na VII su yi watsi da haƙƙoƙinsu ga kursiyin Spain. Amma Carlos, wanda shi ne zai gaji ɗan'uwansa, ya ƙi ya yi watsi da hakkinsa na zama sarki, wanda ya ɗauka cewa Allah ne ya ba shi. Daga 1808 zuwa 1814, shi da 'yan'uwansa fursunoni ne na Napoleon a fadar Valençay a Faransa.