The War of the Spanish Succession was not only a clash of armies between the Austracist and Bourbon pretenders. In the rearguard, repressive operations were carried out against the supporters of the opposing king in order to neutralise them. In many cases, they were arrested and their estates confiscated. Others fled to the court of Philip V, where they had to be urgently allocated rents for their upkeep. After the conflict, some of these people or their descendants pleaded their merits of loyalty and loyalty to the monarchy in order to obtain public employment. Such is the case of Gaspar Cebrían, who in 1745 claimed the merits of his ancestors for the cause of Philip V, both his uncle and his father, the latter of whom was dead. To this end, as María del Carmen Irles Vicente says, Felipe V proceeded to create the post of ensign major in the city of Orihuela, which meant a continuity in the creation of a militarised administration in the area of the former Crown of Aragon.

Collection: Texts

Chronology: XVIII

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://rua.ua.es/dspace/handle/10045/4633

Resource type: Secondary source

Source: A.H.N. Consejos. Leg. 18.250. Relación de méritos de Gaspar Cebrián de Cebrián.Madrid, 20 de febrero de 1745

Language: Spanish

Date: 20/2/1745

Owner: Djebril Bouzidi (Modernalia)

Identifier: A.H.N. Consejos. Leg. 18.250. Relación de méritos de Gaspar Cebrián de Cebrián.Madrid, 20 de febrero de 1745

Abstract: Fragment of text in which Gaspar Cebrían presents to Philip V his family merits for the King's cause during the War of Succession with the aim of obtaining promotion to some public office

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