Joaquín Lloréns Fernández de Córdova was born to a distinguished Levantine family, originating from Nules but for generations settled in Villareal; his ancestors can be traced back to the 16th century.

[13] In February 1874 his unit was assigned to carry out an attack on the pocket of Republican Gipuzkoan resistance in Tolosa;[14] in March it took part in the victorious attempt to prevent the Liberal relief of Bilbao during the slaughter at Somorrostro; Lloréns commanded the 120-mm cannon artillery.

With the siege of Bilbao broken the Liberal troops continued their advance on Estella; Lloréns was fighting in the victorious Abárzuza and Oteiza battles in the summer of 1874, which eventually led to the stalemate period that followed.

[17] He participated in the February 1875 battle of Lácar, which is sometimes considered the most brilliant and daring Carlist victory of the war and which threatened the new king Alfonso XII, present at the site, personally.

[19] His performance during the assault on Lumbier (October 1875) gained him Cruz Roja del Mérito Militar, with the second one obtained for directing artillery fire during the battle of Mañeru.

In 1879 he married Concepción Colomer y Conca and settled in her native town of Ontinyent, in the family residence at Carre Gomis in the city centre;[26] the couple had 2 sons and 2 daughters.

[33] Occasionally contributed to newspapers,[34] himself founded a satirical review El Centro,[35] practiced oil painting and used to win honors in local exhibits.

[36] Lloréns invented a handgun which bore his name;[37] the patent was registered in 1897 and featured a repeating rifle with detachable magazine box,[38] though apparently it has never entered production.

[51] In 1899 the claimant Carlos VII decided not to field an official list permitting only individual candidatures,[52] but Lloréns was engaged in staging insurgency rather than running for the parliament he just planned to overthrow.

[55] No-one dared to confront him in the 1910–1916[56] period and he was declared a deputy according to the famous Article 29,[57] sealing the Carlist domination of the province,[58] though he had to face competition in his last 1918 electoral campaign.

[70] In 1910 the new Carlist claimant Don Jaime recognized Lloréns as chief military adviser by summoning him to the Frohsdorf residence and appointing him to re-organise Requeté, an organization set up 3 years earlier by Juan María Roma and originally designed as a sporting and outdoor grouping for 12- to 16-year-olds.

[71] The move marked a major change in the Carlist war doctrine, shifting focus from conspiracy among professional officers to a popular militia rising.

[75] The paramilitary build-up did not lead to action since despite the assassination of Canalejas, division within the conservatives, anarchist unrest and the looming European war, the situation in Spain remained fairly stable; belligerent enthusiasm of Requeté, Juventud Jaimista[76] and possibly Lloréns himself was frustrated.