Royalist forces

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The Royalist forces were the Spanish colonial troops and local loyalists who fought to maintain Spanish rule in the Americas during the various wars of independence.

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Surface form Occurrences
Royalist forces of the Spanish Empire 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf combatant in war
military force
activeIn Captaincy General of Chile NERFINISHED
Captaincy General of Guatemala NERFINISHED
Captaincy General of Venezuela NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of New Granada NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED
allegiance Ferdinand VII of Spain NERFINISHED
Spanish Crown NERFINISHED
conflict Argentine War of Independence NERFINISHED
Central American independence conflicts
Chilean War of Independence NERFINISHED
Colombian War of Independence NERFINISHED
Ecuadorian War of Independence NERFINISHED
Mexican War of Independence NERFINISHED
Peruvian War of Independence NERFINISHED
Spanish American wars of independence NERFINISHED
Venezuelan War of Independence NERFINISHED
country Spanish Empire
goal maintain Spanish rule in the Americas
hasPart Afro-descendant auxiliaries
Spanish regular troops
colonial militias
indigenous auxiliaries
local loyalist volunteers
ideology loyalism to Spain
monarchism
language Spanish
lastMajorDefeat Battle of Ayacucho NERFINISHED
lastStronghold Peru NERFINISHED
Upper Peru (Bolivia) NERFINISHED
notableCommander Félix María Calleja NERFINISHED
José Tomás Boves NERFINISHED
José de la Serna NERFINISHED
Juan Manuel de Rosas NERFINISHED
Pablo Morillo NERFINISHED
opposedBy patriot forces
revolutionary forces
partOf Spanish colonial army
religion Roman Catholicism
status defeated in most of Spanish America by the 1820s
surrenderedTo patriot armies in Spanish America
timePeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
used artillery units
cavalry units
line infantry tactics

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Battle of Chacabuco combatantSide Royalist forces
Ayacucho combatant Royalist forces
subject surface form: Battle of Ayacucho
Fall of Caracas to Spanish royalist forces combatant Royalist forces
this entity surface form: Royalist forces of the Spanish Empire