Catalan Republic (1641)

Spain, during the war with France, announced the draft of the inhabitants of Catalonia for military service, in addition, an army was stationed in Catalonia, whose food was completely laid on the shoulders of the Catalans. This led to a bloody suppression of the outbreak of riots. As a result, in 1640, a revolt against Spanish absolutism begins, and the government of Catalonia, headed by Pau Claris ^[1], announces the creation of the Catalan Republic under the protectorate of France.

In 1641, Catalonia reached an agreement with France, and French troops entered the territory of Catalonia, the king of France Louis XIII becomes the count of Barcelona. Thanks to French support, the Catalans managed to fight back from the Spaniards for ten years - until 1652 , when, taking advantage of the fatigue of the local population from the French occupation, the royal troops besieged Barcelona for the second time. Barcelona surrendered on the condition that Catalonia would be guaranteed autonomy, and its national institutions would exist separately from the Spanish. King of Spain Philip IV agreed to this agreement, and with the end of the war, Catalonia returned to Spain.