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3 unusual facts about Spanish Constitution of 1812


Luis Abadiano

The Spanish Constitution of Cádiz of 1812 included a guarantee of freedom of the press.

Pedro González Llamas

Pedro González Llamas was a Spanish general in the Peninsular War and one of the deputies that signed the Spanish Constitution of 1812.

Spanish Constitution of 1812

Napoleon's forces faced both Spanish regular troops and partisans and later British troops under the Arthur Wellesley.


Agustín de Iturbide

The 1812 Cadiz Constitution, that was reinstated in Spain in 1820 after the successful Riego Revolt, established a constitutional monarchy, which greatly limited Ferdinand VII's powers.

Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara

After the failure to create an independent Texas, he supported the Spanish general Francisco Javier Mina in his expedition of 1817 in support of the Spanish Constitution of 1812, and later accompanied James Long in his expeditions in 1818 and 1819.


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