What were the Carlist Wars?
First Carlist War (1833-1839): The crisis of the Old Regime took place in Euskal Herria, and across the whole peninsula, slowly with advances and setbacks. The special characteristic lies in that Euskal Herria became the main location of the armed confrontation armada between absolutism and liberalism. This first Carlist War was a struggle between the pretender to the throne of Spain Carlos María Isidro, “Carlos V”, and Isabel II, daughter of Fernando VII and niece of Carlos. The struggle was caused by the continuous attacks on the Basque fueros (provincial laws). This was ended with the so-called Bergara Embrace (31-08-1839), in which General Espartero (liberal) imposed his conditions on the defeated Carlist general Maroto. After this war, the liberal general Espartero limited the Basque regional law regimes in 1841, transferring the customs to the coast, although the fiscal, institutional and military special characteristics were still conserved. In Nafarroa, in 1841 a law was drawn
