Napoleonic invasions of Portugal

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The Napoleonic invasions of Portugal were early 19th-century French military campaigns that forced the Portuguese royal court to flee to Brazil, reshaping Portuguese colonial rule and accelerating Brazil’s path to independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Peninsular War
invasion
military campaign
cause Continental System enforcement by Napoleon
Portuguese alliance with the United Kingdom
commander André Masséna
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Jean-Andoche Junot
William Carr Beresford
conflictWith Napoleon I of France
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte
consequence acceleration of Brazil’s path to independence
elevation of Rio de Janeiro as de facto capital of the Portuguese Empire
reconfiguration of Portuguese colonial administration
countryInvolved French Empire
linked to: First French Empire

Kingdom of Portugal
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
endTime 1811
hasPart First French invasion of Portugal
Second French invasion of Portugal
Third French invasion of Portugal
historicalPeriod Napoleonic Wars
involves Portuguese royal family
Prince Regent João (later King João VI of Portugal)
linked to: John VI of Portugal

transfer of Portuguese court to Rio de Janeiro
languageOfSources English
French
Portuguese
location Iberian Peninsula
Portugal
notableEvent Battle of Bussaco
Battle of Vimeiro
Convention of Sintra
French entry into Lisbon in 1807
Lines of Torres Vedras
Masséna’s retreat from Portugal
opponent British Army
Portuguese Army
Spanish guerrillas
partOf Peninsular War
relatedTo Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373
Brazilian independence movement
Continental Blockade
linked to: Continental System
result British military intervention in Portugal
French occupation of parts of Portugal
rise of Brazilian political importance within the Portuguese Empire
strengthening of Anglo-Portuguese alliance
transfer of the Portuguese royal court to Brazil
weakening of French control in the Iberian Peninsula
startTime 1807

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Brazilian independence movement hasCause Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
André Masséna participantIn Invasion of Portugal (1810)
linked to: Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Napoleonic invasion of Spain chronologicallyOverlaps French invasion of Portugal (1807–1811)
linked to: Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
John VI of Portugal notableEvent Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Jean-Andoche Junot participatedIn Invasion of Portugal (1807)
linked to: Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Napoleonic invasions of Portugal hasPart First French invasion of Portugal
linked to: Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Napoleonic invasions of Portugal hasPart Second French invasion of Portugal
linked to: Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Napoleonic invasions of Portugal result French occupation of parts of Portugal
linked to: Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Napoleonic invasions of Portugal result British military intervention in Portugal
linked to: Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil (1808) cause Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil (1808) cause French invasion of Portugal (1807)
linked to: Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807) relatedEvent French invasion of Portugal (1807)
linked to: Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Portuguese real usedInPeriod Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Liberal Wars era relatedTo Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
Maria I of Portugal fledFrom Napoleonic invasions of Portugal
subject linked to: Maria
Portuguese Liberal Revolution of 1820 precededBy French invasions of Portugal
linked to: Napoleonic invasions of Portugal