Constitutional Army
A constitutional army is generally any regular army formed on the basis of the constitution (constitution) of a state . It is thus the counterpart both to armed forces subordinate to the monarch (fighting for or against constitutional monarchy ) and to irregular rebel armies or private militias.
Examples
The term was used specifically for some selected armies in history.
- the constitutionalist army in Spain ; d. H. the followers of the constitutions of 1812 and 1823, each King Ferdinand VII. subject, but later his daughter against the Carlist supported
- the supporters of the Brazilian ex-emperor Pedro I and his daughter, Queen Maria Gloria (constitutional monarch), who fought the miguelist usurperors (Pedro's brother Miguel) in Portugal in 1833/34 , see Miguelistenkrieg
- those troops of the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II , called the constitutional army propagandistically , with whom he did not want to protect the constitution but rather to repeal it in a coup on April 13, 1909 in Istanbul. After three days of fighting, the coup was suppressed by the Young Turks under Mahmud Şevket Pasha , the sultan was deposed, and the constitutional officers were all executed
- the Liberal Army until 1920 under Venustiano Carranza , Adolfo de la Huerta and Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution