Kingdom Of Northern Lusitania

The Kingdom of Northern Lusitania was a Kingdom proposed by Napoleon in 1807 for the Monarch of Etruria , Charles II Of Parma , located in the North of Portugal .

In 1807 Portugal refused Napoleon 's demand to accede to the Continental System of embargo against the United Kingdom . Napoleon, having signed the Treaty Of Fontainebleau in October 27 1807 with Spain , defined the occupation of Portugal, proposing that the country would be divided into three different States :

''Kingdom of Northern Lusitania'' (in the north of Portugal, between the rivers Douro and Minho and including main cities as Porto and Braga ; named after the Roman Province of Lusitania ).

''Portugal'' (reduced to the region between the rivers Douro and Tagus , including the capital city of Lisbon; to be ruled directly by France).

''Algarves'' (corresponding to all southern Portugal, south of the river Tagus, including the regions of the Algarve and Alentejo , to be ruled by the Spanish Duke Manuel De Godoy , with the title of King).

A French invasion under Marshal Junot followed, and the capital city of Lisbon was captured on 1 December 1807. British intervention in the Peninsular War , under Sir Arthur Wellesley , 1^st Duke Of Wellington , restored Portuguese independence, the last French troops being expelled in 1812 .

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	CATEGORIES ABOUT KINGDOM OF NORTHERN LUSITANIA

	napoleonic wars

	history of portugal

	short-lived states

	northern lusitania, kingdom of

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