La comarca del Maestrazgo, comprendido en sentido amplio, fue uno de los principales escenarios de la Primera Guerra Carlista. El levantamiento carlista producido a la muerte del rey Fernando VII, contó con el masivo apoyo de los Voluntarios Realistas del Reino de Valencia, pero fue pronto aplastado por las tropas cristinas. Sin embargo, la aparición en el campo carlista de la figura del seminarista tortosino Ramón Cabrera, de extraordinarias dotes organizativas, liderazgo y talento militar, permitiría su recuperación y crecimiento, hasta llegar a dominar un extenso territorio. Tras la toma de Cantavieja, Cabrera desplegó una extraordinaria labor organizativa, tanto en el plano militar como en el civil, sentando las bases para la administración del territorio bajo su control, así como para convertir las partidas guerrilleras en el Ejército Real de Aragón, Valencia y Murcia. Las tropas del Maestrazgo participaron en la expedición de Gómez, constituyeron la vanguardia de la Expedición Real que llegó hasta Madrid, conquistaron Morella, que convirtieron en su capital, y batieron al general Pardiñas en los campos de Maella.
The Maestrazgo region, understood in a broad sense, was one of the main scenes of the First Carlist War. The Carlist uprising produced at the death of King Ferdinand VII, had the massive support of the Royalist Volunteers of the Kingdom of Valencia, but was soon crushed by the Christian troops. However, the appearance in the Carlist field of the figure of the seminarian from Tortosa Ramón Cabrera, with extraordinary organizational skills, leadership and military talent, would allow its recovery and growth, until it came to dominate an extensive territory.
After the capture of Cantavieja, Cabrera displayed extraordinary organizational work, both on the military and civil levels, laying the foundations for the administration of the territory under his control, as well as converting the guerrilla groups into the Royal Army of Aragon, Valencia and Murcia.
The troops of the Maestrazgo participated in the Gómez expedition, they formed the vanguard of the Royal Expedition that reached Madrid, conquered Morella, which they made their capital, and beat General Pardiñas in the fields of Maella.
After the Carlist decline in the North after the failure of the Royal Expedition, Cabrera and his army concentrated the greatest hopes of the Legitimist Cause. The non-acceptance by the leader of Tortosa of the Vergara Agreement signed by Maroto behind the king’s back, led him to continue the war, first in the Maestrazgo and later in Catalonia, until the disparity of forces and a serious illness made the resistance impossible, being forced to cross the French border and to put and end to the war.
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