Jesús Larrainzar Yoldi (1907–1970) was a Spanish politician and official, related mostly to his native Navarre. Politically he supported the Carlist cause; in the 1930s he formed part of the mainstream Traditionalism, yet in the 1940 he assumed a somewhat factious stand. His career climaxed in 1949–1952, when Larrainzar was member of the Navarrese self-government, Diputación Foral; at this position he confronted the Falangist line of the civil governor. In 1955-1961 he formed part of Consejo Foral Administrativo and in 1968-1970 of Tribunal Administrativo Delegado, two provincial auxiliary bodies. In 1948-1952 he served as mayor of his native Estella.
Family and youth
The surname of Larrainzar has been first recorded in Gipuzkoa in the Medieval Era,María José Lanzagorta Rico, El linaje de los Lazarraga: siglos XV-XVI en el Condado de Oñate (Guipúzcoa), [in:] Sancho el Sabio 20 (2004), p. 74 yet few family representatives gained moderate recognition in Navarre,in the 18th century Larrainzar were a "familia principal de comerciantes de Pamplona". Fermín de Larrainzar was an architect, based in Pamplona, Gregorio Díaz Ereño, Ma. Camino Paredes Giraldo, Ana Ma. Mendioroz Lacambra, Fermín de Larrainzar. Arquitecto de Pamplona del siglo XVIII, [in:] Príncipe de Viana 194 (1991), pp. 31-44 including Estella,Joaquín de Larrainzar (died 1793) was prior at the Vírgen del Puy sanctuary and performed numerous other roles in Estella; another religious representative of the family, active in Estella in the late 18th century, was a dominican friar Pascual Larrainzar, Jesús Arraiza, La Virgen del Puy en Estella y su comarca, [in:] Principe de Viana 190 (1990), pp. 599-618 in the late 18th century. There is no information on distant ancestors of Jesús available, except that his paternal and maternal grandparents were related to Estella.his maternal grandfather originated from Ollogoyen, a hamlet some 9 km from Estella, Antonino Yoldi San Martín entry, [in:] Historia Hispanica RAEH service, available here His father,Cesár Layana Ilundain, Larrainzar Yoldi, Jesús, [in:] Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia online 2026, available here Nicanor Larrainzar Senosiáin (1863–1918),Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 98 a juvenile combatant of the Third Carlist War, became a lawyer;he studied law in Zaragoza and graduated in 1887, Memoria del Curso de 1886 a 1887, Zaragoza 1887, p. 40 he practiced in Estella and since the 1890s he performed various roles in the city council,he assumed the post of secretario municipal in Estella in 1895, Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 98 in 1905-1907 serving as alcalde.Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 99 He emerged as a recognizable personality in entire Navarre, mostly in relation to his stand in defense of regional fuerosin 1907 as a lawyer he defended the alcalde of Torralba del Río, Felipe Martínez Pardo, the case closely followed in entire Navarre due to its implications on separate local legislation, Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, pp. 99-100 and when confronting the emerging Basque nationalism.in 1908 he led the onslaught against Daniel Irujo Urra, who during a solemn ceremony planted a shoot from the Guernica oak in Estella; Larrainzar accused Irujo of promoting Basque separatism. The case was closely followed in Navarre, Basconia and even in Madrid, Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, pp. 107-148
In 1902Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 99 Larrainzar Senosiáin married Elena Yoldi Berruete (died 1962),El Pensamiento Navarro 11.08.62, see also her gravestone, available at Geneanet service here daughter to an abogado of Estella and a former councilor, Felipe Yoldi Barbarín;Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 223. Another source does not mention abogacia and points rather to "una familia dedicada al comercio de tejidos", see Antonino Yoldi San Martín entry, [in:] Historia Hispanica RAEH service, available here. Both claims are not necessarily contradictory the Larrainzar and Yoldi families have already been inter-related.e.g. a Nicolas Larrainzar Yoldi practiced as a lawyer in Estella in the 1890s, El Aralar 05.05.95, available here; a Josefa Larrainzar Yoldi died in 1911, El Eco de Navarra 16.11.11, available here The couple lived in their native city; it is not clear how many children they had, yet it is known that Jesús had at least 2 brothers, Eusebio and Ricardo, and at least 2 sisters, Angelashe married Casimiro López, Diario de Navarra 29.10.1916 and Beatriz.El Pueblo Navarro 05.01.28, available here As a teenager Jesús received his schooling education at Instituto de Pamplona, and in 1920 he obtained its "matricula de honor", though in the "ensañanza no oficial" mode.El Pueblo Navarro 02.10.20, available here At unspecified time, though probably in the mid-1920s, he commenced studying law; it is unclear whether like his father he entered the University of Zaragoza,Memoria del Curso de 1886 a 1887, Zaragoza 1887, p. 40 or pursued the academic path elsewhere. He graduated in lawsee the certificate at Larrainzar Yoldi, Jesús entry, [in:] Patrimonio documental del Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid service, available here either in 1928 or shortly afterwards.Diario de Navarra 08.02.28, p. 2 In 1931 Larrainzar was admitted to Colegio de Abogados de Estellasee the certificate at Larrainzar Yoldi, Jesús entry, [in:] Patrimonio documental del Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid service, available here and commenced his professional career; apart from private practice, he followed in the footsteps of his late father serving in the flour mill La Industrial Fernández S.A.where he served also as Consejero Delegado, Layana Ilundain 2026 and in the bus company La Estellesa S.A; he would hold the vice-presidency of the latter until his death.Diario de Navarra 24.05.70
Larrainzar has not married and had no children.neither a wife nor children are mentioned on his gravestone in Estella, see the Geneanet service, available here. Neither his obituary note contained usual references to wife or descendants, see Diario de Navarra 24.05.70. When noted on societe columns he was mentioned only himself or with siblings, see e.g. with "su distinguida y encantadora hermana", Pensamiento Alaves 25.03.42, available here His best known relativehis less known brother Eusebio was mentioned as a Falangist "camarada" and delegado sindical in Guinea in 1940, Boletin del Movimiento de Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS 15.10.40, available here. His sister Beatriz entered a religious order, El Pueblo Navarro 05.01.28, available here is his younger brother Ricardo Larrainzar Yoldi;Discurso de D. Ricardo Larraínzar Zaballa. Acto de imposición de la condecoración de la Cruz Distinguida de 1ª Clase de la Orden de San Raimundo de Peñafort, [in:] Instituto CEU de Estudios de Democracia service 2017, available here in the early 1960s he served as the United Nations expert on self-government in Colombia, published a related book,Ricardo Larrainzar Yoldi, Recomendaciones para mejorar la administracion local colombiana, Bogotá 1965, see e.g. at Colombian Escuela Superior de Administración Pública service, available here practiced as lawyer in Cuenca and later held some roles in Servicio Forestal;BOE 16.10.81, available here in the mid-1970s he was among founders of Unión Nacional EspañolaCaspistegui Gorasurreta 1997, p. 269, Daniel Jesús García Riol, La resistencia tradicionalista a la renovación ideológica del carlismo (1965–1973) [PhD thesis UNED], Madrid 2015, p. 397 and in 1999 published another book, containing his wartime recollections.Ricardo Larrainzar Yoldi, Memorias de un viejo carlista, Madrid 1999, see e.g. at ZVAB service, available here His son and Jesús' nephew Ricardo Larrainzar Zaballa was a high localin the late 1960s held the post of vicesecretaría general of Gobierno Civil de Logroño and central official,in 1974 he moved to Madrid to assume Dirección General de Política Interior, nominated also secretario nacional de la Delegación Nacional de la Familia subgobernador civil of Madrid (1980)Ainhoa Arozamena Ayala, Larrainzar Zaballa, Ricardo, [in:] Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia online, available here and the last civil governor of Asturias (1981–82);E.C., Fallece el último gobernador civil de Asturias, el navarro Ricardo Larraínzar, [in:] El Comercio 19.02.24, available here he played some role in suppression of the 1981 coup.Fallece Ricardo Larraínzar, conquense que fue clave para detener el golpe de Estado de Tejero, [in:] Voces de Cuenca 18.02.24, available here Jesús' maternal half-uncle,he was half-brother to Jesús' mother, as Jesús' maternal grandfather Felipe Yoldi Barbarín re-married; Elena Yoldi Berruete and Antonio Yoldi San Martín had the same father and different mothers Antonio Yoldi San Martín, became a religious and in the 1900s and 1910s he gained some local recognition as the moving spirit behind first agricultural trade unions in Navarre.Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 223
Carlist against Republic
Both Larrainzar's parents were Carlists. During the Third Carlist War his father as an 11-year-old boy escaped from home to join legitimist troops, following defeat spent some time on exileduring the Third Carlist War he played a child companion to infant Don Jaime, Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 98 and upon return was member of Junta Regional Legitimista of NavarreEl Correo Español 07.10.18, available here and president of Junta Directiva of Círculo de Estella;Ángel García-Sanz Marcotegui, Las elecciones de diputados forales en el distrito de Estella-Los Arcos 1877-1915, [in:] Príncipe de Viana 190 (1990), p. 469 in the movement he emerged as a somewhat divisive figure.for factious struggle during local elections see García-Sanz Marcotegui 1990, pp. 469, 473, for controversies as to Basque movement see Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995 His mother was presiding over the local branch of the Carlist female organization, Margaritas.Antonino Yoldi San Martín entry, [in:] Historia Hispánica RAEH service, available here Also their children were brought up in Traditionalist spirit; all 3 sons would later serve in the Carlist paramilitary, Requeté.for Jesús see below. For Eusebio see Ficha de combatiente de Eusebio Larrainzar Yoldi, vecino de Estella, [in:] Navarra Archivos service, available here. For Ricardo see Ficha de combatiente de Ricardo Larrainzar Yoldi, vecino de Estella, [in:] Navarra Archivos service, available here Jesús was first recorded as active in the movement in his mid-20s; during the first republican electoral campaign of 1931 he labored to mobilize support for the right-wing list,Ana Serrano Moreno, Las elecciones a Cortes Constituyentes de 1931 en Navarra, [in:] Príncipe de Viana 50 (1989), p. 710 e.g. by co-organizing meetings and speaking himself.Layana Ilundain 2026 He was active in the youth Carlist organization Juventudes Tradicionalistas and as delegate of the Estella merindad he entered its regional Navarrese executive.Layana Ilundain 2026