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TheAbdications of Bayonne took place on 7 May 1808 in thecastle of Marracq inBayonne when the French emperorNapoleon I forced two Spanish kings—Charles IV and his son,Ferdinand VII—to renounce the throne in his favour.[1] The move was Napoleon's response to theTumult of Aranjuez (17–19 March), when Ferdinand VII forced his father's first abdication, and theuprising of 2 May against French troops in Spain (present in accordance with theTreaty of Fontainebleau). Napoleon in his turn handed the crown of Spain to his brotherJoseph Bonaparte. The result of the abdications was further resistance to the French presence, resulting in thePeninsular War (1808–1814), a contributing factor toNapoleon's final defeat. Napoleon was eventually forced to release Ferdinand. On 11 December 1813, he reinstalled him as King of Spain (Treaty of Valençay).
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