The office of Captain General of Catalonia ( es, Capitán general de Cataluña; ca, Capitá general de Catalunya) was created in 1713 by the
Nueva Planta decrees
The Nueva Planta decrees ( es, link=no, Decretos de Nueva Planta, ca, Decrets de Nova Planta, en, link=no, "Decrees of the New Plant") were a number of decrees signed between 1707 and 1716 by Philip V, the first Bourbon King of Spain, during ...
of King
Philip V of Spain
Philip V ( es, Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724, and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign of 45 years is the longest in the history of the Spanish mon ...
to replace that of
Viceroy of Catalonia
This is a list of Spanish viceroys (also called lieutenants) of the Principality of Catalonia from 1479 to 1713.
*1479–1493: Enrique de Aragón
*1493–1495: Juan de Lanuza y Garabito
*1495–1496: Juan Fernández de Heredia
*149 ...
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List of Captains General of Catalonia
Under Philip V
Under Ferdinand VI
Under Charles III
Under Charles IV
Under Ferdinand VII
Under Joseph Bonaparte (Governor general)
French Empire
Under Ferdinand VII (restoration)
Under Isabella II
Provisional Government (1868–1871)
Under Amadeo I
First Republic
Provisional Government (1873–1874)
Under Alfonso XII
Under Alfonso XIII
Second Republic
Under Francisco Franco
Under Juan Carlos I
Región Militar Pirenaica
Inspector General of the Army
Footnotes
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1713 establishments in Spain
Captains General of Catalonia
Former subdivisions of Spain
History of Catalonia