Josep Moragues i Mas

Josep Moragues i Mas (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb muˈɾaɣəs]; Sort, 1669 - Barcelona, 1715) was a Catalan general during the War of the Spanish Succession. He fought on the Archduke Charles' side.

After Barcelona was defeated on 11 September 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 27 March 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 11 September, which was instituted by Catalanists in the 19th century as the National Day of Catalonia in remembrance of the battle fought and lost by Moragues amongst others.

External links

General Moragues
Personal website of Jordi Torrades. It talks about the War of the Spanish Succession
La Coronela of the town of Barcelona
The Battle of the 11 of September 1714
https://web.archive.org/web/20091027034128/http://es.geocities.com/mitologics/Llegendes/moragues.html (In Catalan)
General Moragues, el diable de les Guilleries by Alex Barnils (In Catalan), launched on 26 March 2014, at the Born Centre Cultural (Comercial, 5. 08003 Barcelona).