In 1808, after a period of shaky alliance between the Spanish "Antiguo Régimen" and the Napoleonic French First Empire, the Mutiny of Aranjuez (17 March 1808) removed the king's minister Manuel de Godoy, Prince of the Peace, and led to the abdication of king Charles IV of Spain (19 March 1808). His son Ferdinand VII briefly held the reins of power, but Napoleon determined to settle the monarchy of Spain on a member of his own family his older brother Joseph, conferred the title Prince of Spain to be hereditary on his children and grandchildren in the male and female line.