The Trienio Liberal, or Three Liberal Years, was a period of three years in Spain between 1820 and 1823 when a liberal government ruled Spain after a military uprising in January 1820 by the lieutenan
1820 print depicting the Cortes Generales.
Rafael del Riego (1784–1823), the leader of the Cortes Generales, which sought to restore the 1812 constitution.
Ferdinand VII of Spain, who abolished the Spanish Constitution of 1812 in 1814. Portrait by Francisco Goya, 1814.
Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón (1777–1823), Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, a liberal churchman who abolished the Spanish Inquisition in 1820. (It would be re-established in 1823.)