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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 Carlists partisans of Don Carlos (1788-1855...much of Catalonia supported Carlos. The Carlists' conservative and clericalist tendencies...church lands and supported Isabella. The Carlists enjoyed many early successes, especially...
Francisco Serrano y Domínguez
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...iacute;nguez , 1810-85, Spanish general and statesman. In 1834-39 he distinguished himself in the war against the Carlists. He at first supported Espartero but later worked for his overthrow (1843). His services as captain general of Cuba (1859...
José de Palafox
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...guards during the uprisings of 1820-23 against Ferdinand VII, but he lost his post because of his stand in favor of the liberal constitution. He later commanded the loyal troops against the Carlists and was created duque de Zaragoza.
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 alienated their...
Baldomero Espartero, duque de la Victoria, conde de Luchana
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...against the revolutionists in South America. After Ferdinand 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...
Alfonso XII
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...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...
Carlos
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Ferdinand VII, changed Spanish law so that his daughter Isabella II succeeded him (1833). Carlos was proclaimed king by the Carlists , and civil war ensued. Isabella won (1840), and Carlos went into exile. In 1845 he resigned his claim in favour of his...
Spain, relations with
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...x2013;14). In the 1830s, Britain and France successfully backed professedly liberal monarchists against the absolutist Carlists and the Holy Alliance . Yet Britain and France were as much rivals as allies, with the former suffering defeat over the Spanish...
Francisco Franco Bahamonde
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...By the end of the Civil War in March 1939, he ruled a victorious movement which was nevertheless hopelessly divided among Carlists, Requetés, monarchists, Falangists, and the army. Foreign opposition to Franco decreased and in 1953 the signing...
Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...in Santo Domingo and Cuba, where he served during the Ten Years War . He returned to Spain in 1873 and fought against the Carlists (1875-76). While captain general of the Canary Islands (1878-83) he was created marqués de Tenerife. Later...

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Carlist
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...unsuccessful claims to the throne for nearly a century, the Carlists emerged as a strong force with popular support after the establishment of a republic in 1931. In the SPANISH CIVIL WAR the Carlists sided with the nationalists and for many years obstructed Franco...

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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 ; ...lasted from about 1810 to 1939. The Carlists took their name from the conservative...Carlos. For the next hundred years, the Carlists represented both members of the royal...Wilhelmsen writes in her essay, the Carlists represented the rich conservative tradition...
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 ; ...of Spain between 1833 and 1876, the Carlists are well known militarily. However...Wilhelmsen makes a compelling case that the Carlists did not merely defend the old order...page tact it becomes clear that the Carlists were the greatest defenders of the Church...
The tale of Diana's revenge
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...wedding. This prospect, or something like it, is what the Carlists first used to comfort themselves. But it's a fantasy. It...symptom of unhappiness, though a more common one. But if the Carlists say to the nation that this woman is a mad woman, a bad woman...
La Futura revolucion espanola y otros escritos regeneracionistas.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...and the proletariat but rather from the Republicans and the Carlists, the former a bunch of irresponsible and often amoral anti...the wind out of the sails of Republicans, regionalists and Carlists alike. Mallada, rather like the later Costa, concludes by...
The Collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933-1936: Origins of the Civil War.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...anarchists, Communists, spiritual fascists and formal Falangists, Carlists, Castilians, Basques, Catalans, Andalusians, and even...either a major or a minor movement. Payne underplays these Carlists or Traditionalists who spurred the growth of the quasifascist...
In a Spanish Vein
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/12/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...experiences when he was mistaken for the Pretender Don Carlos and almost shot. Catalonia and Tarragona are torn between the Carlists, who are ultra-conservative politically and religiously, and the Liberals, who by today's standards would be called...
Wanted: a martyr. (unpopular economic reforms badly needed in Spain)(Spain Survey)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/14/1996; 700+ words ; ...THE word "liberal", as a political label, was coined during the 19th-century dispute between reactionary Spanish Carlists and liberals. Yet for most of this century liberalism, in its classical sense, has been in short supply in Spain...
Mountain megalomaniacs
Magazine article from: New Statesman; 11/10/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...a point made by the crazy loyalism of the Jacobite Highlanders of the Forty- Five, or for that matter of the Navarrese Carlists: brave and romantic, certainly, with their own codes of honour, but not very bright. A French sociologist, Andr Siegfried...
Not a simple case of black and white
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 7/29/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...The Nationalists were by no means a political monolith in July 1936 but a loose coalition running from pious, traditional Carlists to radical fascistoid Falangists. Franco made use of their faction fights to impose what was called 'the Movement'; he...
Lorca's skeleton speaks of a new Spain RIGHT FIELD
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 8/30/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...But the closest he will come to mentioning his father's sympathies is to say: "My grandfather was a Carlist." (The Carlists were supporters of a pretender to the throne who had fought two earlier civil wars, and who fell in almost to a man behind...