Carlism is a traditionalist and legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty, one descended from Don Carlos, Count of Molina, on the Spanis
Satire was used in attempts to discredit the opposition, whether Liberal or Royalist (Carlist)
Two typical Carlists of the 19th century: Francisco Solà i Madriguera, of Taradell (Osona), with his son, around 1870.
Don Carlos calling the Navarrese in 1833.
Attack on the bridge of Luchana, near Bilbao during the first war.
Alfonso Carlos de Borbón was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain under the name Alfonso Carlos I; some French Legitimists declared him also the king of France as Charles XII, though Alfonso ne
Carlism
…In October 1931, Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne Prince Jaime, Duke of Anjou and Madrid died. He was succeeded by the 82-year-old claimant Alfonso Carlos de Borbón, reuniting under him the integralists led by Olazábal and the "Mellists". They represented a region-based Spanish nationalism with an entrenched…
Alfonso Carlos (centre, sitting on a chair) with Papal Zouaves