Catalan Republic (1641)

Catalan Republic República Catalana (Catalan)
1641
Location of the Catalan Republic
Status	Republic under French protection
Capital	Barcelona
Common languages	Catalan
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Demonym(s)	Catalan
President of the Deputation
• 1641	Pau Claris
Legislature	Junta de Braços
Historical era	Reapers' War
• Proclaimed	17 January 1641
• Louis XIII of France appointed Count of Barcelona	23 January 1641
Currency	Croat and others
Preceded by Succeeded by Principality of Catalonia Principality of Catalonia
Today part of	France Spain  ∟ Catalonia

The Catalan Republic (Catalan: República Catalana, IPA: [rəˈpubːlikə kətəˈlanə]) was a short-lived independent state under French protection proclaimed in 1641 by the Junta de Braços (assembly of Estates) of the Principality of Catalonia led by the President of the Generalitat, Pau Claris, during the Reapers' War (1640–1652).^[1]

As the conflict with the Spanish Monarchy escalated and its armies were approaching to Barcelona, the Junta de Braços of Catalonia, headed by the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia Pau Claris, proclaimed the Catalan Republic on 17 January 1641. On 23 January 1641, due to the desperate military situation and French pressure, the Junta de Braços proclaimed Louis XIII of France as Count of Barcelona, putting the Principality of Catalonia under personal union with the Kingdom of France. Louis XIII was succeeded upon his death in 1643 by Louis XIV, who remained Count of Barcelona until 1652, when Catalonia was reincorporated into the Spanish Monarchy.