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Spain under Joseph Bonaparte - Wikipedia. Napoleonic Spain was the part of Spain loyal to Joseph I during the Peninsular War (1808–1813), forming a Bonapartist client state officially known as the Kingdom of Spain after the country was partially occupied by forces of the First French Empire.
Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Giuseppe di Buonaparte, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe di ˌbwɔnaˈparte]; Corsican: Ghjuseppe Napulione Bonaparte; Spanish: José Napoleón Bonaparte; 7 January 1768 – 28 July 1844) was a French statesman, lawyer, diplomat and older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte.
José I de España (ur. 7 stycznia 1768 w Corte, zm. 28 lipca 1844 we Florencji) – król Neapolu w latach 1806–1808 i Hiszpanii (jako Józef I) w latach 1808–1813. Najstarszy syn Carla Marii Buonaparte i Marii Letycji Ramolino. Starszy brat cesarza Francuzów Napoleona I, króla Holandii Ludwika i króla Westfalii Hieronima.
Joseph Bonaparte (born January 7, 1768, Corte, Corsica—died July 28, 1844, Florence, Tuscany, Italy) was a lawyer, diplomat, soldier, and Napoleon I’s eldest surviving brother, who was successively king of Naples (1806–08) and king of Spain (1808–13).
An excerpt taken from his absorbing work on his Spanish adventure combines amazing reflections on the political role sustained by the newly installed monarch (Joseph Bonaparte), and vivid descriptions on those convulsive events of political and military ineptitude through the eyes of the French military.
King of Spain. Joseph Bonaparte reluctantly left Naples and arrived in Spain just in time for the Spanish revolt against French rule, and the beginning of the Peninsular War, in which the French were eventually expelled by Spanish guerrilla fighters and by an Anglo-Portuguese army.
Joseph Bonaparte (b. 7 January 1768; d. 19 July 1844), king of Spain. The oldest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, Joseph was born into a family of the minor nobility in Corte, Corsica.
