Sancho Dávila y Fernández de Celis

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In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Dávila and the second or maternal family name is Fernández de Celis.
This article is about 20th century fascist. For the similarly named 16th century soldier, see Sancho d'Avila.
Sancho Dávila y Fernández de Celis
Dávila performing the Roman salute in Seville, 1936.
President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation
In office
1952–1954
Personal details
Born5 June 1905
FE de las JONS
RelativesJosé Antonio Primo de Rivera (cousin)
OccupationPolitician
AwardsOrder of Cisneros

Sancho Dávila y Fernández de Celis (1905–1972) was a Spanish

Falangist
politician. He was an important figure in the early history of the movement but later fell out of favour.

Falangism

Dávila was a cousin of José Antonio Primo de Rivera[1] and as such was given the responsibility of expanding the operations of the Falange in Seville and Cádiz in 1933.[2] He soon rose to the rank of jefe territorial for Andalusia.[3] He was a close ally of José Sáinz Nothnagel and was arrested with him in May 1936 at José Antonio's house.[4]

Power struggle

Following the execution of

Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista and thus effectively eliminate the Falange and its leaders as threats to his position.[8] Dávila was imprisoned following the incident although his close friend Gonzalo Queipo de Llano intervened to secure his release.[9]

Later years

In a snub from Franco, he was not named as a National Delegate until 1938 at a time when a number of pro-

Ramón Serrano Súñer began to wane.[11]

Between 1952 and 1954 he served as the President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

References

  1. ^ Antony Beevor, The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936–39, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006, p. 284[ISBN missing]
  2. ^ Stanley G. Payne, Falange: A History of Spanish Fascism, 1961, p. 33 [ISBN missing]
  3. ^ Payne, Falange, p. 92
  4. ^ Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, 1990, p. 338 [ISBN missing]
  5. ^ Paul Preston, Franco, London: 1995, p. 258
  6. ^ Stanley G. Payne, The Franco Regime, 1936–1975, 1987, p. 170
  7. ^ Preston, Franco, p. 262
  8. ^ Preston, Franco, pp. 263–266
  9. ^ Preston, Franco, p. 266
  10. ^ Stanley G. Payne, Fascism in Spain, 1923–1977, 2000, p. 303
  11. ^ Wayne H. Bowen, Spaniards and Nazi Germany: Collaboration in the New Order, 2000, p. 100 [ISBN missing]

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