Junta Suprema Central

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The Junta Suprema Central was the Spanish governing body formed in 1808 to lead resistance against Napoleonic occupation and act as the supreme authority in Spain during the Peninsular War.

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Label Occurrences
Junta Suprema Central canonical 3
Supreme Central Junta 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body
historical organization
supreme junta
appliesToJurisdiction Spain
appliesToPart Iberian Peninsula
surface form: Peninsular Spain

Spanish America
Spanish Empire
country Spain
dateOfFormation 25 September 1808
dissolved 1810
endTime January 1810
executiveBody Junta Suprema Central self-link
hasCause Bourbon abdications at Bayonne
surface form: Abdications of Bayonne

Napoleonic invasion of Spain
surface form: Napoleonic occupation of Spain
hasEffect stimulus to formation of local juntas in Spanish America
weakening of centralized imperial authority in Spanish America
hasHistoricalPeriod Peninsular War
hasObjective govern in the name of the absent king
maintain continuity of Spanish monarchy under Ferdinand VII
organize military resistance to French occupation
hasPart provincial representatives from peninsular Spain
representatives from overseas Spanish territories
hasRole coordination of resistance against France
representation of Ferdinand VII in his absence
supreme governing authority in Spain
headquartersLocation Aranjuez
Cadiz
surface form: Cádiz

Seville
ideology Spanish patriotism
anti-Napoleonic resistance
inception 1808
jurisdiction Spanish Empire
surface form: Spain and the Indies
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
legislativeBody Junta Suprema Central self-link
locationOfFormation Aranjuez
memberOf Spanish resistance to Napoleonic France
namedAfter concept of a supreme junta
opposedBy Joseph Bonaparte
surface form: Joseph Bonaparte's government

Napoleonic invasion of Spain
surface form: Napoleonic authorities in Spain
partOf Spanish institutional response to the Napoleonic invasion
politicalAlignment loyalist to Ferdinand VII
replacedBy Spanish Regency Council
surface form: Regency Council of Spain and the Indies
replaces Royal authority of the Bourbon monarchy in Spain
significantEvent Peninsular War
convening of the Cortes of Cádiz (preparation phase)
flight to Cádiz after French advances
temporalCoverage Peninsular War
surface form: Napoleonic occupation of Spain

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Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros appointedBy Junta Suprema Central
Spanish Regency Council replaces Junta Suprema Central
this entity surface form: Supreme Central Junta
Junta Suprema Central legislativeBody Junta Suprema Central self-link
Junta Suprema Central executiveBody Junta Suprema Central self-link
Extraordinary General Cortes convenedBy Junta Suprema Central
this entity surface form: Supreme Central Junta