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The Aranjuez mutiny

Historical milestone · Aranjuez, Las Vegas, Madrid

Between 18 and 19 March 1808, a crowd of soldiers and townspeople protested against the policy of Manuel Godoy, “favourite” of Charles IV, and stormed his house next to the Real Sitio, forcing his dismissal. The pressure continued until, on the night of 19 March, Charles IV abdicated the Crown in favour of his son, acclaimed that same day as Ferdinand VII: for the first time in Spain's history a king saw his own son seize the throne from him as the result of a popular uprising. Although the historiographical debate remains open, several historians agree that the uprising had little of the spontaneous about it: aristocrats of the Ferdinandine party, who a year earlier had failed in the El Escorial plot, handed out money, recruited people and spread rumours to stir up the population.

18 y 19 de marzo de 1808

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