Liberalism in Portugal

1828-1834 civil war in Portugal

Portuguese revolution establishing a constitutional monarchy

thumb|200px|Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte by [[François Gérard. Bonaparte was King of Spain from 1808 to 1814]] Afrancesado (, ; "Francophile" or "turned-French", lit. "Frenchified" or "French-alike") refers to the Spanish and Portuguese supporters of Enlightenment ideas, Liberalism, or the French Revolution, that supported Napoleon's occupation as a means to implant these ideas in Spain.

second constitution in Portuguese history

1836 coup d'etat in Portugal

thumb|Maria II of Portugal (1834) thumb|Ferdinand II of Portugal (1836)|alt=Ferdinand II of Portugal (1836) - W. Schmidt The Belenzada (“Belém Affair”) was an attempted coup in November 1836 by Queen Maria II of Portugal and her husband Ferdinand II to remove the liberal government established by the September Revolution and reinstate the Constitutional Charter of 1826. Despite enjoying diplomatic support from the United Kingdom and Belgium, the attempt was frustrated by the determination of the National Guard, the regular army and the general population of Lisbon.