Episode 3 of 3

Mobilization of the Hundred Thousand Sons

When
28 January 1823
Where
France
Part of
Congress of Verona authorizes French intervention in Spain

Louis XVIII announced the mobilization of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis to restore Ferdinand VII's absolute power.

Following the agreement, Louis XVIII announced that a hundred thousand Frenchmen were ready to march to safeguard the throne of Spain. This army, known as the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis, was mobilized to help Spanish Bourbon royalists restore King Ferdinand VII to the absolute power he had lost during the Liberal Triennium.

Sources

  1. Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01

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