Jesús Elías Francisco Elizalde Sainz de Robles (1907–1980) was a Spanish Carlist politician. He served in the Cortes in two separate strings: during the Second Republic in 1936 and during Francoism in 1954-1958. In 1938-1939 he was a member of Junta Política of Falange Española Tradicionalista, and in 1954-1958 he was a member of FET's Consejo Nacional. In 1942-1944 he headed the regional Carlist Navarrese organization. Politically he sided with the Carlist branch which opted for conciliatory policy towards the Franco regime and leaned towards a monarchist dynastical alliance.
Family and youth
Jesús’ ancestors can be traced back only to the early 18th century.along the patriline the great-great-great grandfather of Jesús was Antonio Elizalde, married to María Ana Martínez de Vidaurre, Antonio Elizalde entry, [in:] Geneaordonez service, available here His great-great grandfather José Elizalde Martínez de Vidaurre was related to Viana,in 1733 he married María Gerónima Alonso Perez del Notario; both were from Viana, Joseph Elizalde Martinez de Vidaurre, [in:] Geneaordonez service, available here noted as “maestro ensamblador”;Juan Cruz Labeaga Mendiola, Viana celebra los acontecimientos de la monarquía, [in:] Cuadernos de etnología y etnografía de Navarra 39/82 (2007), p. 80 over time the family grew to prosperity, though little is known of his great-grandfather Juan Elizalde Alonsoin 1805 he married Jacoba Josefa Navarro Sainz de Urbina; both were from Viana, Juan Elizalde Alonso entry, [in:] Geneaordonez service, available here and grandfather Lino María Elizalde Navarro.in 1853 he married Casilda Sabando Zalduendo, also from Viana, Lino Maria Elizalde Alonso, [in:] Geneaordonez service, available here His father, Fructuoso Elizalde Sabando (1858-1944),ABC 14.01.44, available here was among the most prestigious Viana personalities, listed as “rico propietario”.El Eco de Navarra 28.11.97, available here In the 1890s he entered the Viana ayuntamiento as segundo alcaldeLa Rioja 22.02.90, available here and between 1893Elizalde entry, [in:] HeraldicaDeViana service, available here and 1903La Rioja 26.11.03, available here; in 1904 he served in the ayuntamiento, but not as a mayor, La Rioja 03.01.04, available here he served as mayor of the town. In 1895 Fructuoso married Guadalupe Sainz de Robles (born 1872) from Arnedo;Elizalde Sainz de Robles, Jesús [Caja 400 AHICAM 1.1 Exp. 12420], [in:] Patrimonio documental del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid service, available here she was daughter to Víctor Sainz de Robles,another source claims that in 1892 he married María Carmen Sainz de Robles García, a girl from Pamplona, Fructuoso Elizalde Sabando entry, [in:] Geneaordonez service, available here director of Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza from the nearby Calahorra.El Aralar 23.02.95, available here, El Eco de Navarra 28.11.97, available here; she was daughter to Casilda García from Burgos, Elizalde Sainz de Robles, Jesús [Caja 400 AHICAM 1.1 Exp. 12420], [in:] Patrimonio documental del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid service, available here The couple settled on the family estate in Viana; they had 6 children, born between 1896 and 1912: Casilda,born 1896, died 1993, Casilda Elizalde Sainz de Robles entry, [in:] Geneaordonez service, available here José María, Jesús,full name Jesús Elias Francisco Elizalde y Sainz de Robles, Elizalde Sainz de Robles, Jesús [Caja 400 AHICAM 1.1 Exp. 12420], [in:] Patrimonio documental del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid service, available here Carmen, PilarABC 14.01.44, available here and Ángel Elizalde Sainz de Robles.
Jesús was first educated in Escuela Industrial y de Artes y Oficios in Logroño, where he studied at the turn of the 1910sLa Rioja 26.05.18, available here and 1920s.La Rioja 28.05.21, available here Following bachillerato at unspecified time he enrolled at the Faculty of Law in the University of Oviedo, where he was recorded in 1927.La Atalaya 14.07.27, available here However, he graduated in jurisprudence at the University of Zaragoza as late as in 1934;Elizalde Sainz de Robles, Jesús [Caja 400 AHICAM 1.1 Exp. 12420], [in:] Patrimonio documental del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid service, available here none of the sources consulted clarifies why he switched from Asturias to Aragón, why it took him at least 7 years to complete the curriculum and why he majored at a relatively late age of 26.perhaps Elizalde was tempted by career on stage. During periods corresponding to his academic years a student named “Jesús Elizalde” was noted by Cantabrian and Aragonese press as an actor in amateur theatres, El Cantabrico 07.05.27, available here, La Voz de Aragon 01.05.30, available here In early 1935 Elizalde was formally incorporated into the Colegio de Abogados of Pamplona, though it is not clear whether he practiced before the outbreak of the Civil War.Elizalde Sainz de Robles, Jesús [Caja 400 AHICAM 1.1 Exp. 12420], [in:] Patrimonio documental del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid service, available here
At unspecified time Elizalde married María del Socorro Ureña y Mantilla de los Ríos (died 2010).Socorro Mantilla de los Ríos y Mantilla de los Ríos entry, [in:] Geneanet service, available here She was daughter to Francisco Ureña Navas, a locally recognized Andalusian poet and literary critic, publisher and leader of a literary group El Madroño;D. Francisco de Paula Ureña Navas y el grupo literario "El Madroño", [in:] Giennium: revista de estudios e investigación de la Diócesis de Jaén 11 (2008), pp. 169-210 along maternal line she descended from the well-off Andalusian Mantilla de los Ríos family, owners of numerous landholdings and related to the aristocratic Marqués de Casa Saavedra branch.he mother was Socorro Mantilla de los Ríos, by maternal line granddaughter to Carlos Mantilla de los Ríos y Férnandez de Henestrosa, himself son to Carlos Mantilla de los Ríos y Valderrama, 8th Marqués de Casa Saavedra, Socorro Mantilla de los Ríos y Mantilla de los Ríos entry, [in:] Geneanet service, available here Jesús and Socorro had no children;no children were listed either in the 1980 obituary of Elizalde or in the 2010 obituary of his wife, see ABC 24.02.80, available here, and ABC 20.11.10, available here after the war they resided in Madrid, though the couple co-owned also a small estate in Vejer de la Frontera.B.O.E. 20.11.67, available here Among Elizalde's relatives his nephew Felipe Zalba Elizalde became a religious and served as bishop of Arequipa;ABC 23.12.80, available here another one, Inocencio Zalba Elizalde, was moderately engaged in Carlism of the 1960s.he contributed to the monthly Montejurra and in 1965 briefly served as jefe regional adjunto del requeté de Navarra, Mercedes Vázquez de Prada Tiffe, La oposición al colaboracionismo carlista en Navarra, [in:] Príncipe de Viana 76/262 (2015), p. 802 Jesús’ younger brother, Ángel Elizalde Sainz de Robles, served as requeté and died in combat in 1939; his sister Carmen became member of the Damas Apostólicas congregation.ABC 24.02.80, available here
Republic
Elizalde was born into the Carlist family; his father engaged in the movement and mixed with some Navarrese deputies,e.g. as in 1902 he welcomed in Viana a Carlist deputy from Estella Joaquín Llorens and was referred to as his coreligionario, La Rioja 14.10.02, available here though he did not hold prestigious positions in the party.Fructuoso Elizalde was not a very principled and intransigent Carlist, since in 1903 he welcomed Alfonso XIII in Viana; La Epoca 01.09.03, available here It is not clear when Jesús himself became active within Traditionalist ranks. He was first noted as a speaker during Carlist rallies in April 1932, not only in his native Navarre but also in CantabriaJulián Sanz Hoya, De la resistencia a la reacción: las derechas frente a la Segunda República (Cantabria, 1931-1936), Santander 2006, , p. 136 and Catalonia,Robert Vallverdú i Martí, El carlisme català durant la Segona República Espanyola 1931-1936, Barcelona 2008, , p. 101 appearing already among party heavyweights like Pradera, Rodezno or Bilbao. In 1933-1934 he was repeatedly noted addressing the crowd, be it in minor Vasco-navarrese locations like Bargota,El Cantábrico 07.05.27, available here Lerin,Pensamiento Alaves 09.05.33, available here, Pensamiento Alaves 13.01.34, available here Villava,El Siglo Futuro 12.10.33, available here Haro,Pensamiento Alaves 15.03.34, available here Oñate,Pensamiento Alaves 14.06.34, available here ArceniegaPensamiento Alaves 29.08.34, available here and LaguardiaPensamiento Alaves 10.09.34, available here or in larger cities like Vitoria,Pensamiento Alaves 26.02.34, available here Pamplona,La Gaceta de Tenerife 28.03.33, available here Palencia,El Diario Palentino 29.01.34, available here ZaragozaEl Siglo Futuro 16.05.33, available here and even in Madrid.El Siglo Futuro 27.01.34, available here Hailed in the party press as “culto abogado”El Cantábrico 07.05.27, available here and author of “beautiful lectures”, Elizalde lambasted the Republic as a regime which brought nothing but misery,Pensamiento Alaves 28.03.33, available here denounced parliamentarian democracyPensamiento Alaves 26.02.36, available here as a system which turned Spaniards into slaves of caciques and trade-unionists, and declared Marxism and separatism two principal enemies of the country.El Diario Palentino 29.01.34, available here He praised organicist suffrage,El Siglo Futuro 16.05.33, available here within limits permitted by censorship advocated virtues of traditionalist monarchyLa Voz de Aragón 14.05.33, available here and made veiled references to dynastic claim of the Carlist royal pretender, Don Alfonso Carlos.compare Elizalde’s phrases abough bringing Carlist colors to Palacio de Oriente or his homage to “an elderly man of fatherly words and royal breath”, a hardly veiled reference to the Carlist king Don Alfonso Carlos, Pensamiento Alaves 01.06.34, available here