Camilo Henríquez

“ The most famous Sebastián would have been the martyr, Saint Sebastian, who was to be executed by being riddled with arrows, and survived. The most relevant Don Sebastían may be Sebastián de Belalcázar, the early conquistador who conquered Quito and searched for El Dorado, before being executed for crimes during his later governorship. ”

“ When the French subsequently invaded Spain instead, a popular uprising known as the Mutiny of Aranjuez took hostage the unpopular Godoy, who was largely blamed for allowing the French invasion, in return for Charles IV's abdication in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.1 2 On August 10, 1809, after Napoleon's invasion of Iberia and Ferdinand VII's abdication, a group of creoles, led by the marquis Juan Pío Montúfar overthrew the Real Audiencia of Quito and formed an autonomist junta. ”

“ Ferdinand VII was not a Habsburg prince, which had not existed in Spain for over a century, nor is it likely that one of his subjects would have mistaken him for one.1 2 El Escorial, the royal palace and monastery1 2 i.e., the flight of the Cortes and anti-Bonapartists to Cádiz and elsewhere1 2 Manuel de Godoy was the powerful Spanish Prime Minister until 1808. ”