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Carlists
Carlists partisans of Don Carlos (1788-1855) and his successors, who claimed the Spanish throne under the Salic law of succession, introduced (1713) by Philip V. The law (forced on Philip by the War of the Spanish Succession to avoid a union of the French and Spanish crowns) was abrogated by Fe... Read more
Tomás de Zumalacárregui
Tomás de Zumalacárregui , 1788-1835, Spanish Carlist general. A professional soldier, he fought against the French in the Peninsular War (1808-14) and supported the absolutist cause during the disturbances of 1820-23. When King Ferdinand VII died (1833), Zumalacárregui supported... Read more
Carlos
Carlos (Carlos María Isidro de Borbón), 1788-1855, second son of Charles IV of Spain. He was the first Carlist pretender. After his father's abdication (1808) he was, with the rest of his family, held a prisoner in France until 1814. A conservative and a devout Catholic, he was suppor... Read more
Amadeus
Amadeus 1845-90, king of Spain (1870-73), duke of Aosta, son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. After the expulsion (1868) of Queen Isabella II , Juan Prim urged the Cortes to elect Amadeus as king. He accepted the crown reluctantly. Just before the new king arrived in Spain, Prim was assassinated.... Read more
Alfonso XII
Alfonso XII 1857-85, king of Spain (1874-85), son of Isabella II . He went into exile with his parents at the time of the revolt of the Carlists in 1868 and was educated in Austria and England. In 1870 his mother abdicated her rights in his favor, and in 1874 he was proclaimed king. Supported by... Read more
Cuenca
Cuenca city (1990 pop. 43,209), capital of Cuenca prov., E central Spain, in Castile-La Mancha, at the confluence of the Huecar and Júcar rivers, c.3,000 ft (910 m) above sea level. This historic town retains its medieval character in the narrow streets, clustered houses, and bridges; the mo... Read more
Isabella II
Isabella II 1830-1904, queen of Spain (1833-68), daughter of Ferdinand VII and of Maria Christina . Her uncle, Don Carlos , contested her succession under the Salic law , and thus the Carlist Wars began (see Carlists ). Isabella was under the regency of her mother until 1840, when Espartero s... Read more
Bilbao
Bilbao , city (1990 pop. 383,798), capital of Vizcaya prov., N Spain, in the Basque Country, on both banks of the Nervión River, near the Bay of Biscay. A leading Spanish port and commercial center since the 19th cent., it is at the heart of an important industrial area with iron mines nearby... Read more
Cartagena
Cartagena Lat. Carthago Nova, city (1990 pop. 175,966), Murcia prov., SE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. A major seaport and naval base, it has a fine natural harbor, protected by forts, with a naval arsenal and important shipbuilding and metallurgical industries. Lead, iron, and zinc are mined ... Read more
Falange
Falange [Span.,=phalanx], Spanish political party, founded in 1933 as Falange Española by José António Primo de Rivera, son of the former Spanish dictator. Professing generally the principles of fascism , the Falange distinguished itself from other fascist groups by its great ... Read more

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Carlists
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...followed (First Carlist War, 1833-40...supported Carlos. The Carlists' conservative and...felt. In 1839 the Carlist commander Rafael...in Catalonia the Carlists under Ramó...many defected from Carlist ranks, and several...Carlism, and the Carlists embraced the Nationalist...
Ramón Cabrera, conde de Morella
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Ramón Cabrera, conde de Morella , 1806-77, Spanish Carlist general. Noted for his valor and cruelty during the first Carlist war, he refused to accept the Carlist defeat in 1839 and continued the war in Valencia and Catalonia until...
Tomás de Zumalacárregui
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Zumalacárregui , 1788-1835, Spanish Carlist general. A professional soldier, he fought...Ferdinand's brother Don Carlos to the throne (see Carlists ). Put in command of the Carlist army in 1834, he distinguished himself as master...
Baldomero Espartero, duque de la Victoria, conde de Luchana
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...VII's death (1833), he supported Isabella II against the Carlists and won important victories in the Carlist War of 1834-39. His agreement at Vergara (1839) with the Carlist general Rafael Maroto virtually ended the war, and he was rewarded...
Maria Christina
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Isabella to succeed him. At the king's death (1833) Maria Christina became regent for Isabella II . In the Carlist Wars (see Carlists ) that this succession provoked, she was aided by the liberals, but the frequent changes in the constitution...
Isabella II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of Maria Christina . Her uncle, Don Carlos , contested her succession under the Salic law , and thus the Carlist Wars began (see Carlists ). Isabella was under the regency of her mother until 1840, when Espartero seized power. After his regency...
Basques
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...remained in force under the Spanish monarchy, but in 1873 they were abolished because of the Basques' pro-Carlist stand in the Carlist Wars. To regain autonomy, the Basques supported nearly every political movement directed against the central...
Carlos
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1788-1855, second son of Charles IV of Spain. He was the first Carlist pretender. After his father's abdication (1808) he was, with the...favor of his son, Don Carlos, conde de Montemolín. See Carlists .
Ruxton, George (Augustus) Frederick
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...George [Augustus] Frederick (1820–48), English adventurer, after education at Sandhurst, service in the Carlist civil war in Spain, and British army experience in Canada joined some mountain men of the American Far West for a time and...
Clarendon, George Villiers, 4th earl of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...averted the Franco-Prussian War. Clarendon had learned the skills of diplomacy and politics as minister in Madrid during the Carlist wars and later as lord-lieutenant in Ireland (1847–52). As foreign secretary in 1853 he had the misfortune...

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Carlist
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Carlist A conservative who supported...for nearly a century, the Carlists emerged as a strong force...the SPANISH CIVIL WAR the Carlists sided with the nationalists...In 1969 Franco overcame Carlist objections and named the grandson...
Isabella II
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...x2013;70). The daughter of FERDINAND VII , her accession was contended by her uncle, Don Carlos, and this led to the Carlist Wars that raged until 1839. Her reign, after two unpopular regencies, was a succession of personal scandals, governmental...
Clarendon, George Villiers, 4th earl of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...an acknowledged expert on foreign affairs. Clarendon had learned the skills of diplomacy as minister in Madrid during the Carlist wars and later as lord‐lieutenant in Ireland (1847–52). As foreign secretary in 1853 he had the...

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The British auxiliary legion in the first Carlist war in Spain; 1835-1838, a forgotten army.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 488 words ; 1851829156 The British auxiliary legion in the first Carlist war in Spain; 1835-1838, a forgotten army. Brett...source of the political term "liberal," the 19th century Carlist wars between Spain and Britain over the issue of female...
IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1900: Carlist Risings
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 11/1/2000; 202 words ; International Herald Tribune 11-01-2000 MADRID The Carlist risings are spreading rapidly, and unless very drastic and...is ablaze, and the risings are admitted to bear a genuine Carlist stamp. The revolutionaries are in uniforms, possess rifles...
El correo carlísta.(sellos postales del siglo XlX, España)(TT: The Carlist stamps.)(TA: postal seals from the XlX century Spain)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 2/18/2001; ; 669 words ; En los catlogos de los sellos espaoles, despus de las emisiones de Isabel II, el Gobierno provisional, Amadeo I y la Primera Repblica, hay seis curiosos sellos (caros, pero no excesivamente, dadas la poca y la rareza) que figuran bajo el epgrafe de "Correo Carlista". Es una mnima pero interesante
Late modern European -- La formacion del pensamiento politico del Carlismo (1810-1875) by Alexandra Wilhelmsen
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...that focuses on Carlist thought. Professor...1833 and 1876, the Carlists are well known militarily. However, Carlist political history...religious aspects. The Carlist motto, "God...compelling case that the Carlists did not merely defend...
Spanish Carlism and Polish Nationalism: The Borderlands of Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Sarmatian Review; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...orders were outlawed. The Carlists emerged to continue the conservative...Spanish constitution. The Carlists' motto was "Dios, Patria...militarily and politically for the Carlists. There were many sources for...Traditionalists during the Third Carlist War, came to be known as Joseph...
In a Spanish Vein
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/12/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...the bloody and cruel First Carlist Civil War, an episode in European...Tarragona are torn between the Carlists, who are ultra-conservative...moderates. Venturing into the Carlist countryside can be dangerous...Tiger of the Maeztrazgo, the Carlist general Cabrera. Why do men...
Los papeles perdidos del cardenal Segura, 1880-1957
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...those of his secretary and a prominent Carlist politican, Manuel Fal Conde, with whom...dynastic gears away from Alfonso XIII to the Carlist pretender. The author has effectively...extensive correspondence with the prominent Carlist leader Manuel Fal Conde to show that the...
The seven provinces of a secret people
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 11/13/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...the civil war, but he wrongly compares the Carlist requetes to the Falange. The Carlists, mostly from Navarre, were traditionalists...down from a forebear who had marched for the Carlist cause in the previous century. They were contemptuous...
Death of ex-Queen Isabella II of Spain: April 9th, 1904.(Months Past)
Magazine article from: History Today; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...precipitated seven years of civil war with the Carlists--the staunchly Catholic, traditionalist...Francisco Serrano was soon noticed. A second Carlist civil war broke out and military men continued...any influence. There was yet another Carlist civil war in the 1870s and Alfonso died...
The tale of Diana's revenge
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...they have changed her. Those anonymous Carlist MPs who want her divorced, demoted to...or something like it, is what the Carlists first used to comfort themselves. But...though a more common one. But if the Carlists say to the nation that this woman is...