Spanish royalists

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Spanish royalists were supporters of the Spanish Crown who fought to maintain imperial rule and oppose independence movements in Spain’s American colonies and elsewhere.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchist faction ⓘ
political group ⓘ
activeIn Peninsular War ⓘ
Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Spanish Empire ⓘ
composedOf Spanish colonial officials ⓘ
loyalist criollos ⓘ
peninsulares ⓘ
regular Spanish army units ⓘ
royalist militias ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
goal defense of traditional monarchical authority ⓘ
maintenance of imperial rule in the Americas ⓘ
preservation of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
hasCause defense of colonial privileges ⓘ
fear of social upheaval ⓘ
loyalty to the Spanish monarch ⓘ
hasPart Royalist forces in New Granada ⓘ
Royalist forces in New Spain ⓘ
Royalist forces in Peru ⓘ
Royalist forces in the Río de la Plata ⓘ
ideology absolutism ⓘ
monarchism ⓘ
royalism ⓘ
notableCommander Félix María Calleja ⓘ
José Tomás Boves ⓘ
José de la Serna ⓘ
Juan Manuel de Rosas ⓘ
Pablo Morillo ⓘ
Pedro Antonio de Olañeta ⓘ
Vicente Emparan ⓘ
opposedBy Spanish American revolutionaries ⓘ
independence movements in Spanish America ⓘ
liberal constitutionalists in Spain ⓘ
opposes Spanish American independence ⓘ
liberal reforms that weakened royal authority ⓘ
republicanism in Spanish America ⓘ
separatist movements in Spanish colonies ⓘ
outcome defeat in most Spanish American territories by the 1820s ⓘ
partOf Spanish counterrevolutionary forces ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
supported Bourbon monarchy in Spain ⓘ
linked to: Bourbon monarchy

Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
usedSymbol Bourbon flag of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Flags of Spain

royal coat of arms of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish royal arms

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Referenced by (6)

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

Battle of Calderón Bridge → combatant → Spanish royalists ⓘ
llanero cavalry → foughtAgainst → Spanish royalist forces ⓘ
linked to: Spanish royalists
Juan Bautista Arismendi → enemy → royalist forces in Venezuela ⓘ
linked to: Spanish royalists
Battle of Las Tres Acequias → combatantSide → Spanish royalists ⓘ
Mariano Abasolo → opponent → Spanish royalist forces ⓘ
linked to: Spanish royalists
Pantano de Vargas → hasParticipant → Spanish royalist forces ⓘ
linked to: Spanish royalists