Junta Suprema Central

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The Junta Suprema Central was the Spanish governing body formed in 1808 to lead resistance against Napoleonic occupation and act as the supreme authority in Spain during the Peninsular War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Junta Suprema Central canonical 3
Supreme Central Junta 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body ⓘ
historical organization ⓘ
supreme junta ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Spain ⓘ
appliesToPart Peninsular Spain ⓘ
linked to: Iberian Peninsula

Spanish America ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
dateOfFormation 25 September 1808 ⓘ
dissolved 1810 ⓘ
endTime January 1810 ⓘ
executiveBody Junta Suprema Central ⓘ
hasCause Abdications of Bayonne ⓘ
Napoleonic occupation of Spain ⓘ
hasEffect stimulus to formation of local juntas in Spanish America ⓘ
weakening of centralized imperial authority in Spanish America ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Peninsular War ⓘ
hasObjective govern in the name of the absent king ⓘ
maintain continuity of Spanish monarchy under Ferdinand VII ⓘ
organize military resistance to French occupation ⓘ
hasPart provincial representatives from peninsular Spain ⓘ
representatives from overseas Spanish territories ⓘ
hasRole coordination of resistance against France ⓘ
representation of Ferdinand VII in his absence ⓘ
supreme governing authority in Spain ⓘ
headquartersLocation Aranjuez ⓘ
Cádiz ⓘ
linked to: Cadiz

Seville ⓘ
ideology Spanish patriotism ⓘ
anti-Napoleonic resistance ⓘ
inception 1808 ⓘ
jurisdiction Spain and the Indies ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Empire
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish ⓘ
legislativeBody Junta Suprema Central ⓘ
locationOfFormation Aranjuez ⓘ
memberOf Spanish resistance to Napoleonic France ⓘ
namedAfter concept of a supreme junta ⓘ
opposedBy Joseph Bonaparte's government ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Bonaparte

Napoleonic authorities in Spain ⓘ
partOf Spanish institutional response to the Napoleonic invasion ⓘ
politicalAlignment loyalist to Ferdinand VII ⓘ
replacedBy Regency Council of Spain and the Indies ⓘ
replaces Royal authority of the Bourbon monarchy in Spain ⓘ
significantEvent Peninsular War ⓘ
convening of the Cortes of Cádiz (preparation phase) ⓘ
flight to Cádiz after French advances ⓘ
temporalCoverage Napoleonic occupation of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Peninsular War

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros → appointedBy → Junta Suprema Central ⓘ
Spanish Regency Council → replaces → Supreme Central Junta ⓘ
linked to: Junta Suprema Central
Junta Suprema Central → legislativeBody → Junta Suprema Central ⓘ
Junta Suprema Central → executiveBody → Junta Suprema Central ⓘ
Extraordinary General Cortes → convenedBy → Supreme Central Junta ⓘ
linked to: Junta Suprema Central