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The conspiracy of El Escorial (1807): The El Escorial ruling, Spain, (1851). On 25 January 1808, all the accused were acquitted by the Council of Castile. Foiled conspiracy led by the Prince of Asturias, Ferdinand of Bourbon, to bring about the fall of Manuel Godoy and put Queen Maria Luisa of Parma under control. The attorney Simón de Viegas, Godoy's man, argued that the facts could not be proved. From "Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolución de España" (History of the Spanish Uprising, War and Revolution) by the Conde de Toreno, Madrid, 1851.