First Carlist War

First Carlist War
Part of the Carlist Wars
The Battle of Mendigorría, 16 July 1835.
Date 29 September 1833 – 13 May 1839 Location Spain Result Liberal victory Lord Eliot Convention Convention of Vergara
Belligerents
Carlists Supported by: Portugal (until 1834)	Liberals Supported by: France United Kingdom Portugal (from 1834)
Commanders and leaders
See list Carlos V Tomás Zumalacárregui Ramón Cabrera Rafael Maroto González Moreno Miguel Gómez Damas Sebestian Gabriel	See list Maria Christina Isabella II Genaro de Quesada José Ramón Rodil Francisco Espoz Luis Fernández Baldomero Espartero Isidro de Alaix Jerónimo Valdés Marcelino de Oraá Manuel O'Doyle
Casualties and losses
Carlists: 15,000-60,000	Liberals: 15,000-65,000 French: 7,700 British: 2,500 Portuguese: 50

Liberal victory

Carlists

Liberals

The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1839, fought between factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Spanish monarchy. It was fought between supporters of the regent, Maria Christina, acting for Isabella II of Spain, and those of the late king's brother, Carlos de Borbón (or Carlos V). The Carlists supported return to an absolute monarchy.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the political situation in Spain was extremely problematic. During the Peninsula War, the Cortes met in Cádiz and elaborated the Spanish Constitution of 1812, at that point possibly the most modern and most liberal in the world. After the war, when Ferdinand VII returned to Spain (1814), he annulled the constitution in the Manifest of Valencia, and became an absolutist king, governing by decrees and restoring the Spanish Inquisition, abolished by Joseph I, brother of Napoleon I.

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