she was daughter to Manuel Peral Cuevas and María Manuela Obispo Morales, Natalia Peral Obispo, [in:] Geneanet service, available here. Her father owned also a vinegar manufacture, Annuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion 1894, p. 778, available here
El Siglo Futuro 27.01.36, available here. According to scholars, Rada’s personal influence was greatest in the Almeria comarca of Río Nacimiento, Quirosa-Cheyrouze 1994, p. 95
dipalme.org
app.dipalme.org
for a brief obituary note see Cronica Meridional 27.04.00, available here
in 1884 he was noted as capitan, Cronica Meridional 01.01.84, available here
an unnamed daughter was born in last days of 1883,Cronica Meridional 01.01.84, available here
typical age for entering the cadet corps in Toledo was late teens; Rada's whereabouts in the 1900-1905 are not clear. In 1905 he was mentioned as a student in Academia de Bellas Artes in Almeria, El Radical 03.10.05, available here. It is not clear whether a penchant for arts was related to journeys to Paris, reported for Rada Cortines "and his sons" in late 1905 and early 1906, see e.g. Cronica Meridional 20.10.05, available here
Brocos Fernández 2008. However, contemporary press claimed that as segundo teniente in 1910 Rada was posted to detachment of the Cordoba regiment, stationed in Granada, 'Cronica Meridional 27.01.10, available here
her parents were Juan Manuel Martínez Alcalde and María Martínez Cardenas, La Independencia 01.03.21, available here. For his property see Cronica Meridional 03.03.13, available here
Alvarez 2001, p. 172. In 1935, during anniversary of the promotion, Franco honored Rada with a personal embrace, La Independencia 10.11.35, available here
Cronica Meridional 18.04.34, available here; already his father was related to the company, see Cronica Meridional 16.04.89, available here
however, during World War Two he reportedly tended to favor the Allies over the Axis, Jose Maria Verdejo Lucas, Ricardo Rada Peral, [in:] Diccionario biografico de Almeria online, available here
fnff.es
on April 21, 1939, calle Concepcion Arenal in Almeria was renamed to honor Rada. The name has been dropped in the post-Francoist era. The 2022 press article which discussed the fate of the street referred to Rada as "uno de los cabecillas del Alzamiento del 18 de julio de 1936", Eduardo de Vicente, La calle de los cuatro nombres, [in:] La Voz de Almeria 23.03.22, available here. On May 12, 1939, he was nominated Hijo Adoptivo by the self-government of Navarre; the decision was reversed in 2015, Ricardo Rada Peral, primero en desembarcar en Alhucemas y Combatiente en la Cruzada, [in:] Fundacion Francisco Franco website 18.02.15, available hereArchived 2022-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. A street has been named after Rada also in Fiñana
geneanet.org
gw.geneanet.org
Ricardo de Rada Martínez, [in:] Geneanet service, available here
Ricardo de Rada Martínez, [in:] Geneanet service, available here, also (her segundo apellido spelled as "Cortinez") in Crónica Meridional 27.04.00, available here. In the press note from either 1900 or 1901, however, already as a widow, she is referred to as "Nicolasa Cortinas Castello", El Regional [no date, after September 1900], available here
he was born in Chiclana de la Frontera, probably during the Guardia Civil assignement to the town of his father, Ricardo de Rada Martinez, [in:] Geneanet service, available here
Ricardo de Rada Martinez, [in:] Geneanet service, available here
Natalia Peral Obispo, [in:] Geneanet service, available here
she was daughter to Manuel Peral Cuevas and María Manuela Obispo Morales, Natalia Peral Obispo, [in:] Geneanet service, available here. Her father owned also a vinegar manufacture, Annuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion 1894, p. 778, available here
Ricardo de Rada y Peral, [in:] Geneanet service, available here
Ricardo de Rada Martinez, [in:] Geneanet service, available here
Francisco de Rada Martinez, [in:] Geneanet service, available here
Juan de Rada Martinez, [in:] Geneanet service, available here
Manuel Victor de Rada Martinez, [in:] Geneanet service, available here
historiadeltiempopresente.com
La Informacion 17.08.11, available here. The estate, known as "Haza del Riego", later became the property of Rada, Francisco Manuel López López, El episodio de la Guardia Civil de Abla y Fiñana en Julio de 1936, [in:] Monica Fernández Amador Ied.), La Guerra Civil española 80 años después. Las investigaciones en la provincia de Almería, Almeria 2016, available also here
lavozdealmeria.com
on April 21, 1939, calle Concepcion Arenal in Almeria was renamed to honor Rada. The name has been dropped in the post-Francoist era. The 2022 press article which discussed the fate of the street referred to Rada as "uno de los cabecillas del Alzamiento del 18 de julio de 1936", Eduardo de Vicente, La calle de los cuatro nombres, [in:] La Voz de Almeria 23.03.22, available here. On May 12, 1939, he was nominated Hijo Adoptivo by the self-government of Navarre; the decision was reversed in 2015, Ricardo Rada Peral, primero en desembarcar en Alhucemas y Combatiente en la Cruzada, [in:] Fundacion Francisco Franco website 18.02.15, available hereArchived 2022-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. A street has been named after Rada also in Fiñana
mcu.es
prensahistorica.mcu.es
see his decorations, listed in Crónica Meridional 27.04.00, available here
Ricardo de Rada Martínez, [in:] Geneanet service, available here, also (her segundo apellido spelled as "Cortinez") in Crónica Meridional 27.04.00, available here. In the press note from either 1900 or 1901, however, already as a widow, she is referred to as "Nicolasa Cortinas Castello", El Regional [no date, after September 1900], available here
or at least 5 are listed in the death notice, Crónica Meridional 27.04.00, available here
La Informacion 17.08.11, available here. The estate, known as "Haza del Riego", later became the property of Rada, Francisco Manuel López López, El episodio de la Guardia Civil de Abla y Fiñana en Julio de 1936, [in:] Monica Fernández Amador Ied.), La Guerra Civil española 80 años después. Las investigaciones en la provincia de Almería, Almeria 2016, available also here
her parents were Juan Manuel Martínez Alcalde and María Martínez Cardenas, La Independencia 01.03.21, available here. For his property see Cronica Meridional 03.03.13, available here
Francisco and Eduardo are mentioned in La Independencia 22.07.22, available here. However, none of them is listed in a later obituary note; instead, there is a Ramón mentioned, along a sister named Africa, La Independencia 12.12.23, available here
at least according to his own statement, Declaración de testigo de Ricardo de Rada Peral, general de division, [in:] Pares service, available here, p. 3
Declaración de testigo de Ricardo de Rada Peral, general de division, [in:] Pares service, available here, p. 4
following death of Alfonso Carlos Rada sent a telegram to the regent with “mi incondicional adhesion junto con testimonio pesame”, Correspondencia, [in:] Pares service available here, p. 21
mecd.es
catalogos.mecd.es
Rada had also other problems with security. He was suspected of having irregularly gained possession of paintings of a painter José María López Mezquita, and on Jan 1, 1940 his house by raided by agents of the services, with some clash ensuing, for details see Visitas realizadas por los agentes al domicilio de Ricardo Rada Peral para recuperar un cuadro del pintor José María López Mezquita, [in:] Instituto de Cultura y Deporte service, available here
mundoobrero.es
according to one scholar, in December 1937 as military governor of Cáceres Rada "ordered the execution" of 200 people whose names appeared in the papers found in the clothes of a local Communist leader on assumption of their taking part in the plot, Julián Casanova, The Spanish Republic and Civil War, Cambridge 2010, ISBN 9781139490573, p. 324. Slightly more details and a somewhat different perspective in Rafa Gonzalez, El franquismo criminal ensangrentó las navidades de 1937 en Cáceres, [in:] Mundo Obrero 23.12.20, available here
web.archive.org
on April 21, 1939, calle Concepcion Arenal in Almeria was renamed to honor Rada. The name has been dropped in the post-Francoist era. The 2022 press article which discussed the fate of the street referred to Rada as "uno de los cabecillas del Alzamiento del 18 de julio de 1936", Eduardo de Vicente, La calle de los cuatro nombres, [in:] La Voz de Almeria 23.03.22, available here. On May 12, 1939, he was nominated Hijo Adoptivo by the self-government of Navarre; the decision was reversed in 2015, Ricardo Rada Peral, primero en desembarcar en Alhucemas y Combatiente en la Cruzada, [in:] Fundacion Francisco Franco website 18.02.15, available hereArchived 2022-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. A street has been named after Rada also in Fiñana
wikipedia.org
es.wikipedia.org
the first identified instance of the claim that Rada Peral was descendant to Teodoro Rada is in the 1954 book by a Carlist writer, José Sanz y Díaz