Alberto Ruiz de Galarreta Mocoroa

Alberto Ruiz de Galarreta Mocoroa
Born	1922 San Sebastián, Spain
Died	2019 Valencia, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	military
Known for	historian
Political party	Carlism

Alberto Ruiz de Galarreta Mocoroa (1922–2019) was a Spanish historian. He is known mostly as the author of massive, 29-volume series titled Apuntes y documentos para la historia del tradicionalismo español. Written under the pen-name of "Manuel de Santa Cruz", it covers the history of Carlism between 1939 and 1966 and is considered a fundamental work of reference for any student of the movement in the Francoist era. Galarreta is also moderately recognized as a periodista, who contributed to numerous right-wing periodicals; for almost 40 years he was the moving spirit behind a Navarrese weekly/bi-weekly Siempre P'alante. He advanced the Traditionalist outlook highly saturated with Integrism; in particular, he was a vehement advocate of the religious unity of Spain. Politically he maintained a low profile, though he participated in Carlist cultural pursuits and a few times he wrote documents issued by the Carlist executive.