LA NOBLEZA AUSTRACISTA CASTELLANA DURANTE LA GUERRA DE SUCESIÓN. LOS CONDES DE SIRUELA Y DE CIFUENTES, FIDELIDAD POR LA GRANDEZA DE ESPAÑA
2020; Franz Steiner Verlag; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2365-3108
Autores Tópico(s)Spanish Literature and Culture Studies
ResumoThis article analyzes the figures of counts of Siruela and Cifuentes as two of the main members of the austracist nobility of a border territory during the war of Spanish Succession like was Cuenca. Through the biographical study of the life trajectories of individuals who were involved in the war we have seen the various motivations that moved to the counts of Siruela and Cifuentes to opt for the candidacy of Archduke Charles to the throne of Spain. This methodology has shown us that far from adopting a policy position in favor of a particular model of political structure of the Hispanic Monarchy they will be the interests of different personal nature that characterized the positions taken by nobles as the counts of Cifuentes or Siruelaboth before, during and at the end of the War of Succession. The different phases that marked the course of the war decisively influenced at the time in which each decided to opt for the austracist candidate. After overcoming the war both were repressed with the confiscation of their property and immersed in a process of downward social mobility within the Spanish nobility throughto achieve real forgiveness in one case and the signing of the Treaty of Vienna in another. Key words: War of Spanish Succession, nobility, austracismo, Cuenca, Siruela s Earl.
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