1823 French army that helped Spanish King Ferdinand VII regain absolute power
"French invasion of Spain" redirects here. For Napoleonic invasion of Spain, see Peninsula War.
Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis
Episode of the French intervention in Spain 1823 by Hippolyte Lecomte
Date
April – November 1823
Location
Spain
Result
Spanish and French Bourbon royalist victory
End of the Trienio Liberal
Start of the Ominous Decade
Belligerents
France Armée de la Foi
Partisans of the Cortes
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Angoulême
Armand Guilleminot
Nicolas Oudinot
Gabriel Molitor
Bon de Moncey
Étienne Bordesoulle
Louis de Hohenlohe
Rafael del Riego
Pablo Morillo
Francisco Ballesteros
Francisco Espoz
Miguel de Álava
Count of La Bisbal
Casualties and losses
France: 400 killed[1]
600 killed[1]
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The "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis" was the popular name for a French army mobilized in 1823 by the Bourbon King of France, Louis XVIII, to help the Spanish Bourbon royalists restore King Ferdinand VII of Spain to the absolute power of which he had been deprived during the Liberal Triennium. Despite the name, the actual number of troops was between 60,000 and 90,000.[2]
A minor campaign, the force comprised some five army corps (the bulk of the French regular army) and was led by the Duke of Angoulême, nephew of Louis XVIII and son of future King Charles X. The French name of the conflict is l'Expédition d'Espagne ("the Expedition of Spain").
^ abNash, Jay Robert (1976). Darkest Hours. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781590775264.
^Pierson, Peter. The History of Spain. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-313-36073-2
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