French intervention in Spain (1823)

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The French intervention in Spain in 1823, also known as the expedition of the "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis," was a French military campaign that restored King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule by crushing Spain’s liberal constitutional government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French military operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis ⓘ
expedition of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis ⓘ
commander Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême ⓘ
commandStructure French army of the Pyrenees ⓘ
consequence repression of Spanish liberals ⓘ
strengthening of reactionary forces in Europe ⓘ
weakening of Spanish constitutionalism ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endTime 1823 ⓘ
followedBy Ominous Decade in Spain (Década Ominosa) ⓘ
hasCause Spanish liberal Trienio Liberal government ⓘ
decision of the Congress of Verona (1822) ⓘ
restoration of Ferdinand VII’s absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasEffectOn Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ
historicalRegion Bourbon Restoration France ⓘ
linked to: Bourbon Restoration

Restoration Spain ⓘ
ideologicalContext conflict between liberalism and absolutism ⓘ
legalBasis authorization by the Congress of Verona ⓘ
location Spain ⓘ
militaryStrength approximately 100,000 French troops ⓘ
monarchInvolved Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
Louis XVIII of France ⓘ
objective overthrow Spanish liberal constitutional regime ⓘ
restore absolute power of Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
opponent Spanish constitutionalists ⓘ
Spanish liberal forces ⓘ
opposedBy United Kingdom (diplomatically) ⓘ
participant Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
Holy Alliance ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Spanish liberal constitutional government ⓘ
partOf Holy Alliance interventions ⓘ
linked to: Holy Alliance

post-Napoleonic restoration politics in Europe ⓘ
precededBy Spanish Revolution of 1820 ⓘ
result defeat of Spanish liberal forces ⓘ
end of the Trienio Liberal in Spain ⓘ
occupation of parts of Spain by French troops ⓘ
restoration of Ferdinand VII’s absolute monarchy ⓘ
significantEvent capture of Trocadero (1823) ⓘ
siege of Cádiz (1823) ⓘ
startTime 1823 ⓘ
supportedBy Holy Alliance powers (except the United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: Holy Alliance

Louis XVIII of France ⓘ
timePeriod Trienio Liberal (1820–1823) ⓘ
linked to: Trienio Liberal

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Second Bourbon Restoration → foreignPolicyEvent → French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ
Bourbon Restoration → notableEvent → Spanish expedition of 1823 ⓘ
linked to: French intervention in Spain (1823)
Battle of Trocadero → partOf → French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ
Restoration France → hasEvent → Spanish Expedition of 1823 ⓘ
linked to: French intervention in Spain (1823)
Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis expedition to Spain → alsoKnownAs → French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême → participatedIn → French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ
Assault on the Trocadero (1823) → partOf → French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ
Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis → partOf → French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ
siege of Cádiz (1823) → conflict → French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ