Josep Moragues i Mas

Josep Moragues i Mas (1669-1715) was a Catalan general during the War of the Spanish Succession. He fought on the Archduke Charles side.

After Barcelona was defeated on September 11, 1714, he tried to sail to Majorca in order to continue the resistance against Philippist invasion, but he was betrayed and imprisoned. He was tortured and finally executed on May 27, 1715. His corpse was butchered, the head placed inside a cage which was hanged in the streets for 12 years. This was intended as a warning for those who might rebel against the new King's power.

Later political significance

Catalanists regard him as a national hero, a martyr for Catalonia. As with Rafael Casanova, there are several homages and floral offerings around monuments dedicated to him during commemorations of September 11th, which was instituted by Catalanists in the 20th century as the National Day of Catalonia in remembrance of the battle fought and lost by Moragues amongst others.

ee also

*Principality of Catalonia
*Generalitat de Catalunya
*Consell de Cent
*La Coronela
*War of the Spanish Succession
*National Day of Catalonia
*General Moragues
*Rafael Casanova

External links

* [http://www.webpersonal.net/moria/index.htm Personal website of "Jordi Torrades". It talks about the War of the Spanish Succession]
* [http://www.11setembre1714.org/Unitats/coronela-barcelona.html "La Coronela" of the town of Barcelona]
* [http://www.11setembre1714.org The Battle of the 11 of September of 1714]
* http://es.geocities.com/mitologics/Llegendes/moragues.html (In Catalan)