Afrancesado
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Afrancesado refers to the Spanish and Portuguese supporters of Enlightenment ideas, Liberalism, or the French Revolution, that supported Napoleon's occupation as a means to implant these ideas in Spai
Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte by François Gérard. Bonaparte was King of Spain from 1808 to 1814
Plaque commemorating Francisco Goya's exile to Bordeaux
Joseph Bonaparte
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Joseph Bonaparte, regnal name José I, was a French statesman, lawyer, diplomat and older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1806, Napoleon made him King of Naples, and then King of Spain and the Indies
Afrancesado
…class supporters of the French occupation of Iberia (Portugal and Spain), preferring the reforms of the "enlightened despots" Napoleon I and his brother Joseph Bonaparte (installed by Napoleon as King of Spain) or, as a lesser evil, preferring to avoid the consequences of outright war with the greatest military power…
Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples by Jean-Baptiste Wicar
Julie Clary, Queen of Naples, with her daughter Zenaïde Bonaparte in 1807, by Robert Lefèvre
Portrait by Joseph Flaugier, c. 1809