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Ignacio Baleztena Ascárate (1887 - 1972) was a Navarrese folk customs expert, a Carlist politician and soldier ==Family and youth== Ignacio’s paternal grandfather,〔see the ''Geni'' genealogical service available (here )〕 José Joaquín Baleztena Echeverría, a native of Navarrese Leitza, tried his luck in California and Cuba before returning to the home town, where he owned two buildings next to Ayuntamiento.〔named "Torrea" and "Petrorena"; Javier Baleztena Abarrategui, ''Premín de Iruña'' blog available (here ), entry 08.09.11 〕 His son and Ignacio’s father, Joaquín Baleztena Muñagorri, formed part of new Navarrese economic and political elites.〔Ángel García-Sanz Marcotegui, ''Elites económicas y políticas en la Restauración. La diversidad de las derechas navarras'', () ''Historia contemporánea'', 23 (2001), pp. 623-5; ''Annuario Riera'' of 1902 lists him among 20 "most important" rural owners in the merindad of Pamplona, see (here )〕 Holding a number of rural properties in the comarca of Valles Meridionales,〔José Andrés-Gallego, Pedro Pegenaute Garde, ''Navarra ca.1900-ca.1975'', s.l., available (here ), pp. 546-547〕 he was co-founder of Conducción de Aguas de Arteta〔compare David Allegría Suescun, ''Historia del abastecimiento de agua en la Comarca de Pamplona'' available (here )〕 and shareholder of a number of other local companies.〔Albert Carreras, ''Doctor Jordi Nadal: la industrialització i el desenvolupament econòmic d'Espanya'', vol. 2, Barcelona 1999, ISBN 8447521451, 9788447521456 p. 910, Josean Garrues-Irurzun, ''Public utility of water and private service of production and distribution of electricity in Pamplona, 1893-1961'', Madrid 2008, available (here )〕 Elected consejal of Pamplona in 1880s and 1890s,〔elected on the Carlist-Basque ticket listed, García-Sanz 2001, pp. 623-5〕 he served as vicepresident of the local Circulo Carlista.〔see ''Joaquín Baleztena Muñagorri'' entry at ''Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia'' available (here )〕 Ignacio’s mother, María Dolores Ascárate Echeverría, was descendant to a Carlist family; her father served as officer under Carlos V during the First Carlist War.〔''Premín de Iruña'' blog, entry 22.06.11〕 Ignacio was born after the family had moved from Leitza to Pamplona. He received secondary education in the Piarist Colegio de los Escolapios〔''Premín de Iruña'' blog, entry 12.11.10〕 and was raised, like his 8 siblings, in the fervently Catholic ambience. His older sister, María Isabel, was initially supposed to marry Juan Vázquez de Mella.〔''Premín de Iruña'' blog, entry 17.10.11〕 His older brother, Joaquín, became the Carlist political leader in Navarre. His paternal cousins Arraiza Baleztena sympathised with Carlism and held different posts in the Pamplona ayuntamiento early 20th century.〔Eugenio was Teniente de Alcalde of Pamplona, while Juan Pedro was the Alcalde himself, see Araiza genealogy available (here )〕 His younger sister Dolores was a Carlist activist and author. His younger brother, Pedro María Baleztena Ascarate, became a famous pelota player.〔see ''BALEZTENA ASCARATE, Pedro María'' entry at ''Gran Enciclopedia Navarra'' available (here ), or ''Pedro María Baleztena Ascarate'' entry at ''Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia'' available (here ); Luis Baleztena Abarrategui, son of Ignacio, was also a locally known athlete, see ''Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia'' available (here )〕 Married (1927) to Carmen Abarrategui Gorosábel,〔(1905-1992), daughter of Benito Abarrategui Zubía and Ascensión Gorosabel Eguidazu, see ''Geni'' genealogy service available (here )〕 Ignacio fathered 10 children.〔''Geni'' genealogy service available (here ), see also the obituary in ''ABC'' 09.02.92 available (here )〕 Joaquín (Joaquíncho) was acitive in ''El Pensamiento Navarro'';〔see obituary in ''ABC'' 22.10.13 available (here )〕 Javier was director of Archivo General de Navarra and is author of historical and historiographical works related to the province,〔for bibliography see ''Dialnet'' service available (here )〕 while Cruz Maria directed B-class movies.〔for filmography, see (here )〕 Most of the family remained Carlist,〔in 1988, during the first visit of Juan Carlos de Borbón and his wife to Pamplona, the Baleztenas kept all windows and shutters closed (except the premises inhabited by Joaquincho Baleztena), see ''ABC'' 22.10.13 available (here )〕 some of them engaged in politics.〔Silvia Baleztena Abarrategui unsuccessfully ran for the Cortes in 2011 on the Derecha Navarra y Española ticket. The Baleztena house in Leitza remains a highly contested political symbol until today; during the wedding of Joaquíncho in 1971 it was protected by the police against ETA; in 1996 and 2012 it was assaulted by the Basque nationalists with the Spanish banner torn away from the balcony and burnt down, see ''ABC'' 20.08.96 available (here ) and ''ABC'' 16.08.12 available (here )〕 A few of his grandchildren became public figures; Ignacio Baleztena Navarrete〔son of Joaquincho Baleztena and Pancha Navarrete, co-founder of UPN and an activist bent on fighting ETA〕 represents Navarre at the EU headquarters in Brussels,〔appointment of a 31-year-old for a 78,000 euro job raised many eyebrows, though comments focused on Pancha Navarrete rather than on the Baleztena family, see ''Noticias de Navarra'' 19.12.13 available (here )〕 Joaquin Baleztena Gurrea is a well known Pamplona physician〔specialising in geriatrics and co-founder of Peña Mutilzarra ; the association, founded in 1992, declares itself unpolitical and dedicated to traditional local customs; see its website available (here )〕 while Carola Baleztena Olano is a TV starlet〔for filmography see (here ), for a sample of her movie performance see (here )〕 and gossip media celebrity.〔compare (here )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ignacio Baleztena Ascárate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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