What was Spain's role in the Napoleonic Wars?
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Economic disaster led to the abdication of the Spanish King at the turn of the 19th century. Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte, took the throne.
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1808 saw the advent of a nationalist uprising against the French. The Spanish ousted the French in 1814 and King Ferdinand VII became the Spanish ruler.