CABRERA, EAMON ( 1810-77). A leader of the Carlist party in Spain, born at Tortosa, in Catalonia. At the outbreak of the civil war, following on the death of Ferdinand VII., in 1833, Cabrera joined the Carlists (q.v.) and soon rose to a high command. Such was his reputation for cruelty that the Government gen eral Mina had Cabrera's mother arrested and shot "to restrain by a just system of reprisals the excesses of the bloodthirsty Cabrera." After penetrating as far south as Andalusia, his forces were completely routed by the royal troops on the borders of Aragon, and he himself, severely wounded, escaped with difficulty. He soon re appeared at the head of 10,000 foot and 1600 horse. Invading the Province of Valencia. he overthrew the royal army at But (February 18, 1837). and again, on Mareh 19. at Burjasot; but was in turn vanquished at Torre Blanea, and once more compelled to seek a hiding-place. but only to reappear soon after. Madrid itself was threatened by Cabrera• who about this time re ceived from Don Carlos the title of Count of Mo rella for his vigorous defense of the fortress of that name, and was also appointed Governor-Gen eral of Aragon. Valenein. and Marcia. The Car lists now believed that the triumph of absolutism was approaching, when the treaehery of the Car list general Maroto changed the whole aspect of affairs, and Don Carlos tied from Spain. Ca
brera held out until, hemmed in by Espartero, lie was forced to quit the country, July, 1840. lie then entered France. where he was taken pris oner, and confined for a short time in the fort ress of llama. In 1845, when Don Carlos re nounced his rights to the throne in favor of his son, Count Montemolin. Cabrera accompanied the latter to England. On the outbreak of the French revolm'on in 1848, he renewed the strug gle on behalf of absolutism in Spain, but the adventure proved a miserable failure. and after the encounter of Pasteral, January 27, 1849, he recrossed the Pyrenees, to live in retirement. He afterwards married an English lady, Miss anne Catherine Richards. When Alphonso X11. was proclaimed King of Spain, in 1875, Cabrera advised the Carlists to submit to him, chiefly be cause he was "a good son of the Church." lie died May 24, 1877. Consult: Valras, Don Carlos VII. et l'Espagnc earlistc (Paris, 1876) : Arjona, Pages d'hisloire dim parti carlistc: Charles et Ramon Cab), ra, translated from the Spanish (Paris, 1875) Diaz and Cardenas. Galeria de Espaiiohs eticbres contemponincos, Vol. 1. (Ma drid. 1841).