Abstract
In the last years the investigations on the Spanish Succession War have questioned the traditional vision on the attitude of the high nobility. This one has been labelled traditionally as a suspicious loyalty to the Bourbon cause due to the decline of its political protagonism. One of the principal arguments for it has been the desertion of the Duke of Uceda, ambassador of Spain before the Pope, in the twilights of the war, event which seems to confirm that interpretation. The Archivo Historico Nacional preserves an important collection of the letters sent by Uceda to his secretary in Madrid, Felix de la Cruz Aedo, during the last years of his embassy, correspondence that up to the present has not been used by the experts due to the fact that it is coded in its most. The deciphered trascription of these letters is presented here, in order to contribute to a better knowledge of Philip V’s international politics ―or the lack of them―, and to qualify our knowledge about the attitude of the Spanish high nobility during the Succession War.
Highlights
En los últimos años las investigaciones sobre la guerra de sucesión española han puesto en cuestión la visión tradicional sobre la actitud de la alta nobleza
In the last years the investigations on the Spanish Succession War have questioned the traditional vision on the attitude of the high nobility
of the principal arguments for it has been the desertion of the Duke of Uceda
Summary
En los últimos años las investigaciones sobre la guerra de sucesión española han puesto en cuestión la visión tradicional sobre la actitud de la alta nobleza. Esta ha sido tildada tradicionalmente de una fidelidad sospechosa a la causa borbónica ante la pérdida de su protagonismo político. El Archivo Histórico Nacional conserva una importante colección de las cartas enviadas por Uceda a sus secretario en Madrid Felix de la Cruz Aedo durante los últimos años de su embajada, que hasta el presente no ha sido utilizada por los estudiosos al encontrarse aún en clave buena parte. Ofrecemos aquí la trascripción descifrada de estas cartas, lo que ayudará a conocer mejor la política exterior ―o la falta de ella― de Felipe V y a matizar nuestro conocimiento sobre la actitud de la alta nobleza española durante la guerra de sucesión. PALABRAS CLAVE: Nobleza española, Guerra de Sucesión, Duque de Uceda, correspondencia cifrada
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