Peninsular War

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Napoleonic Wars campaign war

The Peninsular War was a major conflict of the Napoleonic Wars in which Spain, Portugal, and Britain fought against French occupation on the Iberian Peninsula from 1808 to 1814.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Spanish War of Independence 6
Napoleonic era in Spain 2
Peninsular War campaigns 2

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars campaign ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guerra Peninsular NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guerra de la Independencia Española NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish guerrillas ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
cause French intervention in Spain ⓘ
French invasion of Portugal in 1807 ⓘ
abdication of Charles IV of Spain ⓘ
abdication of Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
imposition of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain ⓘ
combatantStrength hundreds of thousands of troops over the course of the war ⓘ
commander André Masséna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francisco Javier Castaños NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean-de-Dieu Soult NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pedro de La Romana NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Carr Beresford NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType coalition war ⓘ
consequence heavy civilian casualties in Iberia ⓘ
stimulated Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ
endTime 1814 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Albuera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Bailén NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Bussaco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Corunna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Talavera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Toulouse (1814) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dos de Mayo Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lines of Torres Vedras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Badajoz (1812) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
location Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor extensive guerrilla warfare ⓘ
major British land campaign against Napoleon ⓘ
opponentOf Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
relatedWork The Desastres de la Guerra by Francisco Goya NERFINISHED ⓘ
result defeat of French forces in Iberia ⓘ
restoration of Ferdinand VII to the Spanish throne ⓘ
weakening of the First French Empire ⓘ
withdrawal of French troops from Portugal ⓘ
withdrawal of French troops from Spain ⓘ
startTime 1808 ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Portuguese territory ⓘ
Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish interior ⓘ

Referenced by (117)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Napoleonic invasion of Spain → followedBy → Peninsular War ⓘ
Congress of Tucumán → relatedEvent → Peninsular War ⓘ
Jean-Andoche Junot → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Jean-Andoche Junot → servedInCampaign → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars
Michel Ney → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Viceroy Joaquín de la Pezuela → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: Joaquín de la Pezuela
Napoleonic invasions of Portugal → partOf → Peninsular War ⓘ
Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil (1808) → historicalContext → Peninsular War ⓘ
Roderick Murchison → participantIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Operations in the Peninsular War → subject → Peninsular War ⓘ
Operations in the Peninsular War → describesConflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
3rd King’s Own Hussars → notableEngagement → Peninsular War ⓘ
Benjamin d’Urban → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
7th Queen’s Own Hussars → engagement → Peninsular War ⓘ
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) → engagement → Peninsular War ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards → notableTheatre → Peninsular War ⓘ
Edward Pakenham → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Charles James Napier → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
4th Queen’s Own Hussars → conflictParticipated → Peninsular War ⓘ
FitzRoy James Henry Somerset → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
W. A. Nesfield → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
The Iron Duke → notableWork → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsular War campaigns
War of the Oranges (as related conflict) → precedes → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: War of the Oranges
General Sir George Brown → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: George Brown
11th Hussars → battleHonour → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsula War
Albuhera → partOf → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Albuera
Battle of Albuera → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
San Fernando → knownFor → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish War of Independence
Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere → participantIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Marshal Bertrand Clausel → participantIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: Bertrand Clausel
Marshal Bertrand Clausel → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: Bertrand Clausel
Wellington exploited a gap in the French left flank → partOf → Peninsular War ⓘ
Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign → partOf → Peninsular War ⓘ
Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
French Army of the Tagus → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Édouard Mortier → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Siege of Badajoz (1812) → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
British 3rd Division → notableEngagement → Peninsular War ⓘ
British 5th Division → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Bertrand Clausel (French) → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: Bertrand Clausel
Marshal Auguste de Marmont → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: Auguste de Marmont
The Vision of Don Roderick → mainSubject → Peninsular War ⓘ
The Vision of Don Roderick → depicts → Peninsular War ⓘ
The Vision of Don Roderick → hasHistoricalContext → Peninsular War ⓘ
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Thomas Robert Bugeaud → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ