Royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of New Granada

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The Royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of New Granada were Spanish colonial military units and loyalist militias that fought to maintain Spanish rule in northern South America during the early 19th-century independence wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial military unit
military force
royalist army
activeDuring Colombian War of Independence
Spanish American wars of independence
Venezuelan War of Independence
allegiance Ferdinand VII of Spain
Spanish Crown
linked to: Crown of Spain
conflict Battle of Bomboná
Battle of Boyacá
Battle of Carabobo
Battle of Pichincha
Latin American wars of independence
Reconquista of New Granada
country Spain
disestablishedAfter creation of Gran Colombia
disestablishedAs royalist military presence in New Granada
endTime c. 1824
garrisonedIn Bogotá
Caracas
Cartagena de Indias
linked to: Cartagena, Colombia

Panama City
Quito
goal preservation of Spanish colonial rule in New Granada
includes American-born royalist troops
Spanish regular army units
colonial militias
loyalist guerrillas
peninsular Spanish troops
language Spanish
location New Granada
northern South America
present-day Colombia
present-day Ecuador
present-day Panama
present-day Venezuela
opposedBy Patriot forces of New Granada
republican armies of Gran Colombia
partOf Spanish Empire
Viceroyalty of New Granada
result defeat by patriot forces
startTime c. 1810
subordinateTo Captain General of Venezuela
Viceroy of New Granada
used artillery
cavalry
line infantry
militia units

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Ecuadorian War of Independence belligerent Royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of New Granada
Mapuche uprisings belligerent Spanish colonial militias
linked to: Royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of New Granada
Aspa de Borgoña usedBy Spanish colonial militias
linked to: Royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of New Granada
Battle of Cúcuta commanderSide Ramón Correa commanded royalist forces
linked to: Royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of New Granada
Spanish royalists hasPart Royalist forces in New Granada
linked to: Royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of New Granada