Rafael Casanova
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Rafael Casanova i Comes (Moià, Bages, 1660 - Sant Boi de Llobregat, Baix Llobregat, May, 3 of 1743) was lawyer and Conseller en Cap of the Consell de Cent of Barcelona. He is considered one of the greatest Catalan patriots. He was the Colonel of La Coronela, a self-defense armed force of the city of Barcelona at the beginnings of the 18th century. He played a crucial role during all the Siege of Barcelona, especially on September 11 of 1714, when he led the last Catalan charge to defend the city of Barcelona from the Franco-Spanish army of the Bourbonic pretender to the throne Philip V, Duke of Anjou.
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- Principality of Catalonia
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Consell de Cent
- La Coronela
- War of the Spanish Succession
- National Day of Catalonia
- General Moragues
