Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma
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Dalmau de Queralt i de Codina, Count of Santa Coloma (dəɫˈmaw ðə kəˈɾaɫ) (? - Barcelona
, June 7 of 1640), was a Catalan
noble, viceroy of Catalonia between 1638 and 1640, who was assassinated by Catalan rebels at the beginning of the Catalan Revolt
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He was named viceroy in 1638 by Philip IV
, after the resignation of Enric d'Aragó Folc de Cardona i Còrdova. During the years 1639 and 1640 he participated in the campaigns of Roussillon
against the French as the adjutant of general Espínola, generalissimo of the armies of the Spanish monarchy on the frontier with France, in the framework of the Thirty Years War.
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, June 7 of 1640), was a Catalan
Catalan people
The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...
noble, viceroy of Catalonia between 1638 and 1640, who was assassinated by Catalan rebels at the beginning of the Catalan Revolt
Catalan Revolt
The Catalan Revolt affected a large part of the Catalan Principality of Catalonia between the years of 1640 and 1659. It had an enduring effect in the Treaty of the Pyrenees , which ceded the county of Roussillon and the northern half of the county of Cerdanya to France , thereby splitting the...
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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
Philip IV of Spain
Philip IV was King of Spain between 1621 and 1665, sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, and King of Portugal until 1640...
, after the resignation of Enric d'Aragó Folc de Cardona i Còrdova. During the years 1639 and 1640 he participated in the campaigns of Roussillon
Roussillon
Roussillon is one of the historical counties of the former Principality of Catalonia, corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrénées-Orientales...
against the French as the adjutant of general Espínola, generalissimo of the armies of the Spanish monarchy on the frontier with France, in the framework of the Thirty Years War.