José Máximo de la Cerda y Palafox.

About José Máximo de la Cerda y Palafox

José Máximo Agustín de la Cerda y Palafox, 6th Marquess of Bárboles, 7th Count of Parcent, etc.,, was a Spanish aristocrat, academic and politician, member of one of the most prominent noble families in Spain, the House of De la Cerda, and who was proximate to the tendencies of Moderate Liberalism, a mid-term between reactionary liberalism and absolutism. José de la Cerda was an important figure of the early 19th century, which witnessed the development of Spanish parliamentarianism in the unstable era of transition between the Ancién Regime and Liberalism. José De la Cerda, known by his title of Count of Parcent, was a proximate figure to Queen Maria Christina, last wife of Ferdinand VII of Spain and mother and regent to Queen Isabella II. Parcent was one of the aristocrats who supported a moderate tendency of Liberalism against both the extreme versions of Liberalism and absolutism (Carlists).