Rafael del Riego
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Captain-General Rafael del Riego y Flórez was a Spanish Army officer and politician who played a key role in the Liberal Triennium. Riego’s liberal uprising marked a turning point in the Spanish Ameri
Detail from an anonymous portrait of del Riego
Commemorative plaque at del Riego's birthplace in Tuña
Engraving of del Riego after a Hippolyte Lecomte portrait, 1820
Bust of del Riego in Oviedo
The "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis" was the popular name for a French army mobilized in 1823 by the Bourbon King of France, Louis XVIII, to help the Spanish Bourbon royalists restore King Ferdi
Rafael del Riego
…on republicanism was a threat to the balance of Europe, and France was chosen to force a restoring of the absolute monarchy in Spain. On 7 April 1823, the French army crossed over the Pyrennes. Riego resigned from the presidency of the Cortes and took command of the Third Army, which never actually entered into combat. On 15 September he was…
Attack and capture of the entrenchments in front of La Coruña by Bourke's division, 15 July 1823 by Hippolyte Lecomte, 1828
Louis Antoine d'Artois, Duke of Angoulême (1775–1844), son of the future Charles X of France, fought on behalf of Louis XVIII during the French intervention in the Spanish Civil War.
The Duke of Angoulême at the Taking of Trocadero by Paul Delaroche, 1828.
Painting by Carle Vernet depicting the successful French siege of Pamplona