ort ▁and ▁Gran ▁Cruz ▁de ▁la ▁Or den ▁Pl ana . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁he ▁was ▁made ▁mar ques ▁de ▁Bil ba o ▁y ▁E gu ía , ▁the ▁title ▁which ▁upon ▁his ▁death ▁passed ▁to ▁his ▁brother , ▁H ilar io . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Aud iencia ▁N ación al , ▁the ▁Spanish ▁high ▁court , ▁attempted ▁to ▁formally ▁acknow ledge ▁Bil ba o ▁as ▁a ▁criminal ▁guilty ▁of ▁cr imes ▁against ▁human ity , ▁but ▁due ▁to ▁proced ural ▁reasons ▁this ▁initi ative ▁bore ▁no ▁fruit . ▁In ▁contemporary ▁Spanish ▁public ▁disc ourse ▁he ▁is ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁favor ably ▁as ▁" V as co ▁de ▁le y enda " ▁or ▁neut r ally ▁as ▁" en ▁c ierto ▁modo ▁el ▁esp éc imen ▁del ▁politico ▁vas co ▁ult ra con serv ador ". ▁More ▁frequently , ▁however , ▁he ▁is ▁highly ▁critic ized ▁as ▁" fran qu ista " ▁or ▁" f asc ista ". ▁Left ist ▁political ▁group ings ▁demand ▁that ▁his ▁portrait ▁is ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Cort es , ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁currently ▁on ▁display . ▁Bil ba o ▁has ▁earned ▁no ▁mon ography ▁so ▁far , ▁be ▁it ▁either ▁a ▁full - scale ▁bi ography ▁or ▁a ▁smaller ▁piece . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Carl ism ▁ ▁Elect oral ▁Carl ism ▁( Rest oration ) ▁ ▁Carlo - fran co ism ▁ ▁White ▁T error ▁( Sp ain ) ▁ ▁Carlo ct av ismo ▁ ▁Foot notes ▁ ▁Further ▁reading