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The Bayonne Statute (Spanish: Estatuto de Bayona), [1] also called the Bayonne Constitution (Constitución de Bayona) [2] or the Bayonne Charter (Carta de Bayona), [1] [a] was a constitution or a royal charter (carta otorgada) [4] approved in Bayonne, France, 6 July 1808, by Joseph Bonaparte as the intended basis for his rule as king of Spain.
The Josephine State had its legal basis in the Bayonne Statute. When Ferdinand VII left Bayonne, in May 1808, he asked that all institutions co-operate with the French authorities. On 15 June 1808 Joseph Bonaparte, the elder brother of Napoleon I was made King. The Council of Castile assembled in Bayonne, though only 65 of the total 150 members ...
The Law for Political Reform (Ley de Reforma Política) of 1977, last of the Fundamental Laws and passed after Franco's death, started the Spanish transition to democracy. Constitution of 1978: 1978–present Constitutional monarchy Parliamentary democracy with bicameral, elective parliament. Currently in force.
Bayonne came under English domination when the Duchess of Aquitaine married the King of England in 1152. [5] In 1177, Richard the Lionheart separated the city from the viscounty of Labourd, making Ustaritz the new capital. Like many towns of the time, Bayonne was granted a municipal charter in 1215 and freed itself from feudal powers.
The Cortes then approved the French-style Bayonne Constitution and called for a Cortes with 172 members, of which 62 were to be from Spanish America. There was to be a Council of State with a section for The Indies, the name Spain persisted in using to designate Spanish American and the Philippines, which would be under the control of American ...
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Bayonne Statute; C. List of constitutions of Spain; F. ... Spanish Royal Statute of 1834 This page was last edited on 5 January 2018, at 08:37 (UTC). ...
In 1808 the events of the Tumult of Aranjuez and Bayonne Statute which led to the forced abdications orchestrated by Napoleon Bonaparte of King Charles IV and Ferdinand VII of Spain in favor of his brother Joseph Bonaparte led to a crisis of governability within Spain and its Empire in the Americas as well as the outbreak of the Peninsular War.