ID: 901000622 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000622	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Spanish War of Independence (Napoleonic Wars, 1808-1814)

Note: War fought by Spain against the new French Republic, which had overthrown and executed its Bourbon king, Louis XVI. Fought in the Iberian Peninsula, where the French were opposed by British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces.

Display Date: 1808-1814

Names:

	Spanish War of Independence (Napoleonic Wars, 1808-1814) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Guerra de la Independencia (Napoleonic Wars, 1808-1814) (Spanish-P,D,P)
	Guerra de la Independencia Española (Napoleonic Wars, 1808-1814) (Spanish,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<European history> (P)
		........Napoleonic Wars (European history, 1800-1815) (P)
		............Spanish War of Independence (Napoleonic Wars, 1808-1814) (P)

Related Iconography:

	meaning/usage overlaps with .... Peninsular War
	..........(Named Events, European history, Napoleonic Wars (European history, 1800-1815), Peninsular War (Napoleonic Wars, 1807-1814)) [901000220]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... war
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	belligerent was .... Spain
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	belligerent was .... France
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	located in .... Iberian Peninsula
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Spanish War of Independence (Napoleonic Wars, 1808-1814)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	Guerra de la Independencia (Napoleonic Wars, 1808-1814)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Guerra de la Independencia Española (Napoleonic Wars, 1808-1814)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)