Tumult of Aranjuez

Mutiny of Aranjuez
	Part of the prelude to the Peninsular War
	; Fall and Imprisonment of the Prince of Peace, Manuel Godoy
Date	17–19 March 1808
Location	Aranjuez, Spain40°02′00″N 3°36′10″W / 40.03333°N 3.60278°W
Result	Mutineer victory Fall of Manuel de Godoy from power; Abdication of Charles IV, and later the Abdications of Bayonne; French occupation of Madrid, and later the Dos de Mayo Uprising;
Belligerents
Supporters of Godoy	Mutineers, citizens, supporters of Ferdinand
Commanders and leaders
	Manuel de Godoy
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Community of Madrid Tumult of Aranjuez (Spain)

The Tumult of Aranjuez (Spanish: Motín de Aranjuez), also known as the Mutiny of Aranjuez, was an uprising led against King Charles IV that took place in the town of Aranjuez, Spain, on 17–19 March 1808. The event, which is celebrated annually in the first week of September, commemorates the fall of the monarch and the subsequent accession of his son Ferdinand VII.^[1] It is celebrated in September rather than in March as the revived celebrations in Aranjuez that began in 1988 were added on top of pre-existing September festivals.^[2]

The revolt was instigated by disgruntled citizens and by Ferdinand's supporters.^[3]

^ "Las fiestas del Motín de Aranjuez" (in Spanish). AranNet.com. 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
^ VV.AA. (2012). 50 años de ferias y fiestas de Aranjuez. Ediciones Marañón. ISBN 978-84-938571-7-2.
^ (in Spanish) Barrios, Feliciano; Escudero, José Antonio (2009). España, 1808: el gobierno de la monarquía. Real Academia de la Historia. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-84-96849-51-8.

[1] "Las fiestas del Motín de Aranjuez" (in Spanish). AranNet.com. 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

[2] VV.AA. (2012). 50 años de ferias y fiestas de Aranjuez. Ediciones Marañón. ISBN 978-84-938571-7-2.

[3] (in Spanish) Barrios, Feliciano; Escudero, José Antonio (2009). España, 1808: el gobierno de la monarquía. Real Academia de la Historia. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-84-96849-51-8.

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