| rdfs:comment | - During the 1840s, Joseph I's life dragged on, and this made his rule weaker, and the Patriots stronger. The death of Joseph I in 1845 marked the acension of his daughter, Zenaide I. During the transition from king to queen, rebellions broke out. The powerful French and Italian Armies was sent in, and the rebels weakened. Fortunately for the rebels, the French were forced to leave to fight the Germans in the War of 1847. This allowed the rebels to strike.
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| abstract | - During the 1840s, Joseph I's life dragged on, and this made his rule weaker, and the Patriots stronger. The death of Joseph I in 1845 marked the acension of his daughter, Zenaide I. During the transition from king to queen, rebellions broke out. The powerful French and Italian Armies was sent in, and the rebels weakened. Fortunately for the rebels, the French were forced to leave to fight the Germans in the War of 1847. This allowed the rebels to strike. After Barcelona, Lisbon, and even the capital city of Madrid were taken by the rebels, Zenaide I was forced to flee to Rome, Italy. The Loyalists were forced to leave the Iberian Peninsula, and most of them left for the Balearic Islands. Back in the Iberian Union, Leopoldo O'Donnel was elected as the first president. He claimed that the Loyalist threat would be crushed, and soon the Iberian Army was heading to the Balearic Islands.
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