Social Studies 4th

Siege of Barcelona 1713-1714 After the marriage of John II’s son  Ferdinand  with  Isabella of Castile  (1469) had brought about the unification of Spain, Catalonia became of secondary importance in Spanish affairs. Though it retained its autonomy and  Generalitat  (assembly), by the 17th century its conflict of interest with Castile, along with the decline of the Spanish monarchy’s  prestige , led to the first of a series of Catalan separatist movements. In 1640 Catalonia revolted against Spain and placed itself under the protection of  Louis XIII  of France, but the revolt was quelled in the 1650s.  In the  War of the Spanish Succession , Catalonia declared its support for the archduke Charles and resisted the accession of the  Bourbon dynasty  in Spain, but in 1714 it was completely subjugated by the forces of the Bourbon  Philip V , who abolished the Catalan constitution and autonomy. from enciclop...

What happened on 11 September 1714? On  11 September 1714 , in the final days of the  War of the Spanish Succession , the City of Barcelona, which had supported Charles of Austria as successor to the Spanish throne,  fell  to the troops of Philip of Bourbon , ending a  year- and-a-half  long siege on the City. The final confrontation began on  12 August  at the bastions of Portal Nou and Saint Clara, and the final assault came in the early morning of 11 September (it might have started earlier had it not been for the rain), with heavy fighting in the streets, especially near the Convent of Saint Augustine, between the bastions of Portal Nou and Saint Peter, and around the new Royal Palace near the port. About two o’clock in the afternoon, with a halt in the fighting and Rafael Casanova , mayor of Barcelona and commander in chief, and military commander Antoni de Villarroel both wounded, the Barcelonese resistance decided to open negotiatio...

The defeat in 1714.  After the Catholic Kings, the Habsburg Dynasty maintained complex relations with the principality. Even though they respected each others' institutions, the differences with the crown were serious due to the resources reclaimed by the monarchs for their military companies. The misunderstandings came to a head in 1640 , in the framework of the European Thirty Years ' War, when the war of the Segadors faced French and Castellans on Catalan soil. The conflagration ended the peace in the Pyrenees , which is why Roselló and part of Cerdanya became French territory and were taken away from Catalonia. After Carles II died without an heir, Felip V, of the Bourbon Dynasty, took the throne of Spain. In 1701, he pledged to the Constitutions, but another claimer, Charles of Austria , joined in the War of Succession . Catalonia took the Austrian side, but in 1714, Barcelona fell and the cities that were not supported by the Bourbons were treated badly....