Second Carlist War
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Second Carlist War | |
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Part of the Spain | |
Result | Liberal victory |
See list
- Ramón Cabrera
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The Second Carlist War, or the War of the Matiners (
Isabella II. The uprising began in September 1846 and continued until May 1849, spreading to Galicia
.
Theoretically, the war was fought to facilitate the marriage of Isabella II with the Carlist pretender,
Francisco de Borbón
.
The conflict was rather minor in the Basque Country in the
Fernando de Córdova
, captain-general of Catalonia, put down the isolated rebel cells in that region by early 1849. In June of that year, amnesty was granted to the Carlists and those who had fled returned.
The war caused between 3,000 and 10,000 casualties.[3]
References
- ^ [Pirala, 1876, p.55.]
- ^ [Pirala, 1876, .74.]
- ^ Nineteenth Century Death Tolls