Battle of Trocadero

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The Battle of Trocadero was an 1823 French military victory near Cádiz, Spain, in which French forces restored King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule by capturing the fortified headland of Trocadero from liberal constitutionalists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Assault on the Trocadero (1823) ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of France ⓘ
Spanish liberal constitutionalists ⓘ
cause French intervention to suppress Spanish liberal constitutional regime ⓘ
Holy Alliance decision to restore Ferdinand VII’s powers ⓘ
combatantStrength French expeditionary force ⓘ
commander French Duke of Angoulême ⓘ
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême ⓘ
conflict French invasion of Spain ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
date 1823-08-31 ⓘ
endDate 1823-08-31 ⓘ
era Restoration period in France ⓘ
post-Napoleonic era ⓘ
followedBy end of the Trienio Liberal in Spain ⓘ
fall of Cádiz to French and royalist forces ⓘ
inspiredNameOf Place du Trocadéro in Paris ⓘ
linked to: Place du Trocadéro
involved French Royal Army ⓘ
linked to: French royal forces

Spanish liberal garrison at Trocadero ⓘ
Spanish royalist forces ⓘ
location Bay of Cádiz ⓘ
Trocadero peninsula ⓘ
near Cádiz, Spain ⓘ
militaryTheater Peninsular theater ⓘ
namedAfter Trocadero peninsula ⓘ
objective capture of the Trocadero fortifications ⓘ
restoration of absolute monarchy in Spain ⓘ
opponent Spanish Constitutional Army ⓘ
partOf French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ
politicalContext struggle between absolutism and constitutional liberalism in Spain ⓘ
politicalOutcome strengthening of conservative monarchies in Europe ⓘ
precededBy French crossing of the Bidassoa River (1823) ⓘ
relatedTo Bourbon Restoration in Spain ⓘ
Holy Alliance ⓘ
Trienio Liberal ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
restoration of Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule ⓘ
significance example of post-Napoleonic conservative intervention in Europe ⓘ
marked the collapse of the Spanish liberal constitutional government ⓘ
symbolized the restoration of Bourbon absolutism in Spain ⓘ
startDate 1823-08-31 ⓘ
supportedRuler Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
typeOfWarfare amphibious assault ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
year 1823 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trocadéro → namedAfter → Battle of Trocadero ⓘ
Place du Trocadéro → namedAfter → Battle of Trocadero ⓘ
Avenue du Trocadéro → namedAfter → Battle of Trocadéro ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Trocadero
Trocadero peninsula → wasSiteOf → Battle of Trocadero ⓘ
Assault on the Trocadero (1823) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Trocadero (1823) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Trocadero