Catalan Republic

"Catalan State" redirects here. For the political party, see Estat Català.

Catalan Republic / Catalan State
República Catalana / Estat Català
1641 1873 1931 1934
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem Els Segadors  (Catalan) "The Reapers"
Map of Europe with the Catalan Republic (c. 1641) by Willem Blaeu.
Capital		Barcelona
Languages		Catalan
Government		Republic
President
•	1641	Pau Claris
•	1873	Baldomer Lostau
•	1931	Francesc Macià
•	1934	Lluís Companys i Jover
History
•	Proclaimed (most recently)	October 6, 1934
•	Disestablished (most recently)	October 7, 1934
Preceded by Succeeded by Principality of Catalonia First Spanish Republic Kingdom of Spain Second Spanish Republic Kingdom of France First Spanish Republic Second Spanish Republic Second Spanish Republic

The Catalan Republic (Catalan: República Catalana, IPA: [rəˈpubːlikə kətəˈlanə]) is one of the terms adopted by Catalonia when it has been a position to decide its political future. The constitution of a Catalan State is currently the aim of a broad-based grassroots movement for Catalan independence.

A Catalan Republic, also known as the Catalan State (Estat Català, IPA: [əsˈtat kətəˈla]), state has so far been proclaimed four times:

• In 1641, by Pau Claris.
• In 1873, by Baldomer Lostau as the "Catalan State".
• In 1931, by Francesc Macià as the "Catalan Republic within the Iberian Federation".
• In 1934, by Lluís Companys as the "Catalan State within the Spanish Federal Republic".

Of these four proclamations, the first (1641) was performed with the objective to establish the complete independence and the rest (1873, 1931 and 1934) for establish the sovereignty and the state character of Catalonia inside an Iberian or Spanish Federal Republic.

In November 2015, the Catalan parliament adopted a declaration of intent to form a new independent republic no later than 2017.

Junctures of independence or segregation from Spain or France

Location of the Catalan Republic within Spain

• 988: The count of Barcelona Borrell II denies the vassalage of the Catalan counties to the French king Hugh Capet.
• 1641: The General Estates ("Braços Generals") presided by the head of the Deputation of the General of Catalonia Pau Claris, proclaimed the Catalan Republic on January 17.
• 1641-1652: On January 23, 1641, the "Braços Generals" presided by Pau Claris proclaimed Louis XIII of France as count of Barcelona, putting the Principality of Catalonia under French sovereignty. When Louis XIII died, in 1643, Louis XIV (the Sun King) relieved him until 1652, when it was reincorpored in the Spanish Monarchy.
• 1712: Proposal of creation of a Catalan Republic under the protection of the United Kingdom.
• 1793: During the War of the Pyrenees between Spain and the First French Republic, some French leaders propose the creation of a Catalan Republic twinned with France, with the style of other client republics created with the breakthrough of the revolutionary army.
• 1810-1812: Napoleon I makes Catalonia independent under French control.
• 1812-1814: Catalonia is annexed to France by Napoleon.
• 1873: The Catalan State is proclaimed by the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona.
• 14-17 April 1931: Francesc Macià proclamims the Catalan Republic inside the Iberian Federation.
• 6 October 1934: The President of the Generalitat of Catalonia Lluís Companys, proclaims the Catalan State of the Spanish Federal Republic.

Gallery

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  Pau Claris i Casademunt, head of the Generalitat that proclaimed the first Catalan Republic in 1641, according with the General Estates of Catalonia.

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  Francesc Macià i Llussà, Catalan independentist and republican leader that proclaimed the Catalan Republic in 1931.

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  Lluís Companys i Jover, President of the Generalitat that proclaimed the last Catalan State in 1934.

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  Bank note from the Generalitat de Catalunya, 1936.

See also

• Catalonia
• Catalan independence
• Tortosa Pact
• Declaration of the Initiation of the Process of Independence of Catalonia

External links

• First Catalan Republic
• Third Catalan Republic in The New York Times