Although the Carlist faction is not unfamiliar to most readers who are acquainted with Spanish history, there may still be many readers who are unfamiliar with Spanish history or the Carlist faction.
The author here provides a simple explanation of the Spanish Carlist faction.
Readers who are clear on this part of history can skip this.
Before Queen Isabella, Spain followed male succession laws, so the Carlist faction did not exist.
But Queen Isabella’s father, Ferdinand VII, only had two daughters.
To keep the throne within his own family, Ferdinand temporarily changed the succession law, allowing Isabella to obtain succession rights.
Changing the succession law was one thing, but Isabella was only three years old, clearly unfit to become King.
This dissatisfied Prince Carlos, Ferdinand VII’s brother, who should have inherited the throne.
He joined forces with nobles who supported the Salic law (male succession), styling Prince Carlos as Carlos V.
This was the origin of the Carlist faction.
Readers can search the web for the subsequent Carlist Wars; anyway, they all ended in failure.
To summarize in one sentence: The Carlist faction is a faction within the Bourbon family fighting for the throne among themselves, but ultimately, they are still part of the Bourbon family.
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