[6] The father of José María, Enrique Araúz Estremera, studied at Colegio Molinés de Padres Escolapios in Madrid[7] and practiced as a doctor in his native village, where he also served as alcalde;[8] also a Carlist, he remained sensitive to social issues and co-operated with the local workers’ periodical, La Alcarria Obrera.

[16] Drafted to the army he reduced his term as a soldier de cuota[17] and served in Regimiento Inmemorial del Rey during the Moroccan campaign,[18] witnessing the battle of Annual in 1921.

Santiago Araúz de Robles López, a lawyer by profession and a hunter by vocation,[21] apart from juridical contributions[22] is best known as author of novels and essays revolving around rural life,[23] not an unusual Carlist thread.

[24] The brother of José María, Carlos Araúz de Robles Estremera, also a lawyer, became an author of multiple works in law/legislation, history and letters, including essays, poetry and novels,[25] also with the costumbrista leaning.

In 1928 he organized local homages to the molinés soldiers fallen in the Rif War, attended by King Alfonso XII;[33] he also sponsored the monument built at Monte Arruit in Morocco.

[46] He formally broke with the Agrarians in 1934; in a letter to its leader, Martinez de Velasco he pointed that political parties and inorganic democracy no longer suited the needs of Spain.

[52] Following the outbreak of hostilities he joined the Burgos-based Junta Carlista de Guerra[53] and became head of its Guilds and Corporations section,[54] sort of Carlist “ministry of labor” bent to build a syndical structure competitive to the Falangist scheme.

[61] In 1937 he published Plan de la Obra Nacional Corporativa[62] and Corporativismo gremial,[63] sketching rules for the future organization of labor.

The works proposed to defuse social conflict by political representation of labor, wage control, pension schemes, unemployment and sick plans, arbitration boards, cooperatives, anti-speculation laws etc.

They endorsed a regulated state, though fell short of syndicalism schemes and vehemently criticized fascism;[64] some scholars view it as a hybrid of Christian-social and Traditionalist patterns,[65] though some classify it as corporativism.

[66] Carlos Hugo, a future leader of Partido Carlista, would refer to Araúz's vision in the 1959 Montejurra meeting when commencing his campaign to steer Carlism towards socialism.

Though CESO tried to avoid amalgamation by federating within the ONC,[73] Obra Nacional Corporativa was eventually incorporated into the Francoist trade unions[74] and Araúz was removed from integrated labor structures.

[75] Personally regarded unfavourably in the Franco headquarters,[76] he enlisted to the Requetes and took part in the Biscay campaign,[77] finally withdrawing from the Francoist political and military structures.

In August 1943 along with Manuel Fal Conde and a number of other Carlist leaders[78] he signed a letter to Franco, demanding that fascistoid features of the regime are replaced with Traditionalist solutions;[79] the response was his detention and a month spent behind bars in the Dirección General de Seguridad prison.

He supported a manifesto to be issued by their claimant Don Juan, a document intended to dissociate the pretender from Franco; in minority, he fruitlessly advocated a bold action.

[89] In 1957 Araúz co-founded Junta Nacional de la Comunion Tradicionalista, styled as formal body within mainstream Carlism; presiding it, he co-ordinated buildup of its local structures.

In 1961, when El Boletín de la Secretaria del Consejo Privado endorsed a monarchy based on parliamentary party politics, Araúz reacted with a letter to the Council's head, José María Pemán, voicing his disgust.

During the final years of Francoism he assailed “political associations” (a long-discussed idea at that time about to materialize[109]) in letters to both popular newspapers[110] and specialized reviews.

In the 1970s Arauz de Robles switched to the mainstream toro do lidia; his ganadería formed one of the 30-odd bull-ranches which served as a point of reference in scientific studies,[129] also taking part in celebrated events like the Pamplona Sanfermines.

[130] In 1978 the breed was taken over by his son Francisco Javier Arauz de Robles López, who changed the hierro (1978) [131] and later moved the ganaderia to Jaen province.