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I dimly remember reading a timeline (might have been on old SHWI) where the French Republic remained republican in name und style longer, ie Napoleon remained First Consul Bonaparte.
In it, the French did not install Joseph B. as new king of Spain, instead a leading Spanishg politician (I think it was the Prince of Peace, Godoy, himself) declared an Iberian Republic, arrested the royal family and installed himself per constitution in a President-for-Life-like position.

I have the inkling that this would not work for long and would be almost as unpopular as a Bonaparte king, but I am far from being an expert of Spanish history.

What do you think?
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