Francisco de Borbon y de la Torre

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Francisco de Paula de Borbón y de La Torre , (born January 16, 1882 in Madrid ; † December 6, 1952 there ) was a Spanish nobleman and officer who took part in the Spanish Civil War . He was, by marriage, Duke of Seville .

biography

From monarchy to republic

Don Francisco de Paula, a cousin of King Alfonso XIII. of Spain , married Dona Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, 4th Duchess of Seville on August 21, 1907. After the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic , he faced it with open hostility. He was one of the few officers who took part in the Sanjurjada , the failed coup d'état of August 10 under the leadership of General José Sanjurjo , and then went into exile with the other members of the royal family.

Spanish Civil War and the Franco era

Military districts of Spain until 1984

After the coup d'état in July 1936, he returned to Spain and joined the Franco army as colonel of the infantry and commander of the 7th motorized infantry regiment "Pavía" and as military commander of Gibraltar . On January 17, 1937, he began an offensive against the Republican militias. The republican militias were surprised by the offensive and were poorly armed anyway; so Don Francisco de Paula fought his way to Marbella. On February 8, 1937, the Duke of Seville took Malaga , despite considerable opposition . On May 14, 1938 he was promoted to Brigadier General and subsequently Commander in Chief of the Cordoba Armed Forces. On August 29, 1939, the Duke was appointed commander of the 11th Division and, some time later, Captain General of the VII Military District based in Valladolid . In 1943 he was accused of trafficking in food and was discharged from the army . Historian Paul Preston writes that the real reasons for this "punishment" were not due to the corruption allegations , but rather to his pro-monarchist behavior.

Grand Master of the Order of Lazarus

Francisco de Borbón y de La Torre, Duke of Seville, was appointed Governor General of the Order in 1930 and elected Grand Master five years later. Thus, after the vacancy of the office of Grand Master from 1910 to 1930, the order returned to the traditional structures.

medal

literature

  • Bahamonde Magro; Javier Cervera Gil, Javier Cervera (2000). Así terminó la guerra de España (2nd edition). Madrid: Marcial Pons. ISBN 978-84-95379-09-2 .
  • Beevor, Antony: The Battle for Spain; The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Penguin Books, London 2006: ISBN 0-14-303765-X .
  • Paul Preston : El Gran manipulador - La Mentira cotidiana de Franco Edition B SA, 2008, ISBN 978-84-666-3829-6 .
  • Paul Preston: Franco. A Biography Fontana Press, London 1993, ISBN 0-00-686210-1 . (also available in Spanish)
  • Tamames, Ramón (1974): Historia de España Alfaguara VII. La República - La Era de Franco ISBN 978-84-206-2051-0 .
  • Thomas, Hugh (1976): La Guerra Civil Española Edition Grijalbo, Barcelona. ISBN 84-253-2767-9 .
  • Peter Bander van Duren: Orders of Knighthood and Merit. The Pontifical, Religious and Secularized Catholic-founded Orders and their relationship to the Apostolic See . C. Smythe, Gerrads Cross 1995, ISBN 0-86140-371-1 .
  • Guy Coutant de Saisseval: ## Les Chevaliers et Hospitaliers de Saint Lazare de Jérusalem de 1789 à 1930 ## Paris 1984.
  • Erich Feigl : ## The military and hospital order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. Memento ## Vienna: Chancellery of the Grand Priory of Austria des Ordre Militaire et Hospitalier de Saint-Lazare de Jerusalem 1974.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ramón Tamames (1974); Page 192
  2. ↑ Ramón Tamames (1974); Page 193
  3. ↑ BOE No. 4 (October 17, 1936)
  4. ↑ a b Hugh Thomas (1976); P. 632
  5. ^ Antony Beevor (2006); P. 201
  6. ↑ BOE No. 570 (May 14, 1938)
  7. ↑ Bahamonde Magro; Cervera Gil (2000); P. 488
  8. ↑ BOE No. 244 (September 1, 1939)
  9. ↑ BOE No. 46 (February 15, 1946)
  10. ^ Paul Preston (2008); P. 151
  11. ^ Peter Bander van Duren: Orders of Knighthood and Merit. The Pontifical, Religious and Secularized Catholic-founded Orders and their relationship to the Apostolic See
  12. ↑ Guy Coutant de Saisseval: Les Chevaliers et Hospitaliers de Saint Lazare de Jérusalem de 1789 à 1930
  13. ↑ Erich Feigl : The military and hospital order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. Memento. Vienna: Chancellery of the Grand Priory of Austria des Ordre Militaire et Hospitalier de Saint-Lazare de Jerusalem 1974
  14. ↑ BOE No. 244 (July 30, 1940)
  15. ↑ No. 274 (October 1, 1943)
predecessor Office successor
interregnum Grandes poor OSLJ.svg
Grand Master of the Order of Lazarus
1930–1952 		Francisco de Paula Enrique María Luis de Borbón y Borbón
unknown Commander of the 11th Division
August 29, 1939 - September 30, 1943 		Antonio Castejón Espinosa
José Monasterio Ituarte Captain General of the VII Military District
February 8 - June 24, 1942 		Vicente Lafuente Baleztena
personal data
SURNAME Borbon y de la Torre, Francisco de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish nobleman and officer
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1952
Place of death Madrid