The Russian Tsar Alexander I, making the Imperial Spanish regiment Alejandro swear the Liberal Constitution of 1812. The regiment was created to fight against Napoleon, with five thousand Spaniards plus deserters from the French army. The flag of the regiment was embroidered by the empresses Elizabeth Alexeievna and Maria Fyodorovna, wife and mother of Alexander I. The Imperial Regiment "Alejandro" remained in St. Petersburg until 1814, returning to Spain after the fall of Napoleon. Illustration by Serra Pausas. Chromolithography. "Historia de la Revolución Española" (desde la Guerra de la Ind
The Russian Tsar Alexander I, making the Imperial Spanish regiment Alejandro swear the Liberal Constitution of 1812. The regiment was created to fight against Napoleon, with five thousand Spaniards plus deserters from the French army. The flag of the regiment was embroidered by the empresses Elizabeth Alexeievna and Maria Fyodorovna, wife and mother of Alexander I. The Imperial Regiment "Alejandro" remained in St. Petersburg until 1814, returning to Spain after the fall of Napoleon. Illustration by Serra Pausas. Chromolithography. "Historia de la Revolución Española" (desde la Guerra de la Independencia a la Restauración en Sagunto), by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1890.
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