Dalmau de Queralt i de Codina, Count of Santa Coloma (; died 7 June 1640,

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), was a Catalan noble,

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between 1638 and 1640, who was assassinated by Catalan rebels at the beginning of the Catalan Revolt.

Biography

Dalmau was the son of Pere de Queralt and Icart Cardona i Luyando, first Count of Santa Coloma, and his wife Maria Codina. He was named viceroy in 1638 by Philip IV, after the resignation of Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba. During the years 1639 and 1640 he participated in the campaigns of

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against the French as the adjutant of Filippo Espínola, generalissimo of the armies of the Spanish monarchy on the frontier with France, in the framework of the

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. His greatest victory was the Siege of Salses.

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Condado de Santa Coloma
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