Editing Peninsular War (section)

===Coup d'état===
[[File:Manuel de Godoy, por Francisco Bayeu (Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|alt=Portrait of Manuel Godoy (1767–1851)|''Portrait of [[Manuel Godoy]]'' by [[Francisco Bayeu y Subías]], 1792]]
[[File:Kinsoen - Portrait en buste de Joseph Bonaparte.jpg|thumb|[[Joseph Bonaparte|Joseph I of Spain]] by [[François Kinson]], 1811]]

Between 9 and 12 February, the French divisions of the eastern and western Pyrenees crossed the border and occupied [[Navarre]] and [[Catalonia]], including the citadels of [[Pamplona]] and [[Barcelona]]. The Spanish government demanded explanations from their French allies, but these did not satisfy and in response Godoy pulled Spanish troops out of Portugal.{{sfn|Esdaile|2003|pp=30–31}} Since Spanish fortress commanders had not received instructions from the central government, they were unsure how to treat the French troops, who marched openly as allies with flags flying and bands announcing their arrival. Some commanders opened their fortresses to them, while others resisted. General [[Guillaume Philibert Duhesme]], who occupied Barcelona with 12,000 troops, soon found himself besieged in the citadel; he was not relieved until January 1809.{{sfn|Connelly|2006|p=145}}

On 20 February, [[Joachim Murat]] was appointed lieutenant of the emperor and commander of all French troops in Spain, which now numbered 60,000{{sfn|Esdaile|2003|pp=30–31}}–100,000.{{sfn|Connelly|2006|p=145}} On 24 February, Napoleon declared that he no longer considered himself bound by the Treaty of Fontainebleau.{{sfn|Esdaile|2003|pp=30–31}} In early March, Murat established his headquarters in [[Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria]] and received 6,000 reinforcements from the [[Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)|Imperial Guard]].{{sfn|Esdaile|2003|pp=30–31}}

On 19 March 1808, Godoy fell from power in the [[Mutiny of Aranjuez]] and Charles IV was forced to abdicate in favour of his son, [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]].{{sfn|Esdaile|2003|pp=34–35}} In the aftermath of the abdication, attacks on ''godoyistas'' were frequent.{{sfn|Esdaile|2003|p=37}} On 23 March, Murat entered Madrid with pomp. Ferdinand VII arrived on 27 March and asked Murat to get Napoleon's confirmation of his accession.{{sfn|Connelly|2006|p=145}} Charles IV, however, was persuaded to protest his abdication to Napoleon, who summoned the royal family, both kings included, to [[Bayonne]] in France. There on 5 May, under French pressure, the two kings both [[Abdications of Bayonne|abdicated their claims to Napoleon]].{{sfn|Esdaile|2003|pp=34–35}} Napoleon then had the Junta de Gobierno—the council of regency in Madrid—formally ask him to appoint his brother Joseph as King of Spain. The abdication of Ferdinand was only publicised on 20 May.{{sfn|Esdaile|2003|p=49}}