Spain under Joseph Bonaparte
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Bonapartist Spain was a Napoleonic client state established in 1808 after Napoleon, who had stationed his Imperial Army in Spain under the pretense of a joint Franco–Spanish invasion of Portugal, forc
Joseph I of Spain conferred the title "Prince of Spain" to be hereditary on his children and grandchildren in the male and female line.
Ferdinand VII of Spain
The Cortes of Cádiz
The Battle of Vittoria by George Jones, 1822.
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
Spain under Joseph Bonaparte
…in Spain under the pretense of a joint Franco–Spanish invasion of Portugal, forced the ruling Spanish Bourbons to abdicate, and installed his brother, Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne, which ignited a people's revolt by Spanish citizens and led to the Peninsular War, where France was defeated and forced to retreat…
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