▁political ▁education , ▁but ▁through ▁self - te aching ▁he ▁acquired ▁a ▁vast ▁knowledge . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁Renaissance ▁man ▁with ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁interests , ▁yet ▁his ▁fick le ▁nature ▁drawn ▁him ▁from ▁his ▁early ▁youth ▁to ▁many ▁different ▁branches ▁of ▁knowledge , ▁from ▁medicine ▁to ▁music ▁( he ▁composed ▁sacred ▁music ), ▁to ▁foreign ▁languages . ▁He ▁was ▁particularly ▁orient ed ▁to ▁human ities . ▁Bib lic al ▁and ▁lit urg ical ▁studies ▁captured ▁his ▁interest . ▁His ▁ide ology ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁ ▁the ▁en light ening ▁and ▁rom antic ism ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁that ▁followed ▁the ▁rest oration ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁peace ▁after ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Napole onic ▁wars . ▁ ▁As ▁crown ▁prince , ▁he ▁found ▁himself ▁subject ed ▁to ▁continuous ▁monitoring ▁by ▁his ▁mother . ▁Rest less ▁as ▁he ▁was , ▁he ▁cl ashed ▁with ▁his ▁conserv ative ▁mother ▁who , ▁in ▁her ▁later ▁years , ▁turned ▁increasing ly ▁to ▁religion . ▁He ▁also ▁dis lik ed ▁her ▁absol ut ist ▁form ▁of ▁gover ning . ▁However , ▁from ▁his ▁mother , ▁he ▁inherited ▁the ▁love ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Bour b ons ▁for ▁the ▁pom p ▁of ▁a ▁royal ▁court . ▁The ▁relationship ▁between ▁mother ▁and ▁son ▁turned ▁s our ▁with ▁the ▁years . ▁He ▁later ▁compla ined ▁that ▁his ▁mother ▁had ▁" ru ined ▁him ▁phys ically , ▁mor ally ▁and ▁finan cially ". ▁ ▁Mar riage ▁In ▁ 1 8 2 0 ▁his ▁mother ▁arranged ▁his ▁marriage ▁with ▁Princess ▁Maria ▁Ter esa ▁of