Regionalist League was a political party of Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, Spain

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, that appeared thanks to the triumph of the candidacy of the "four presidents" in 1901. This candidacy was formed by Sebastià Torres, Albert Rusiñol, Bartomeu Robert and Lluís Domènech i Montaner

Lluís Domènech i Montaner

Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a Spanish Catalan architect who was highly influential on Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau / Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician....

.

It had a Catalanist, conservative

Conservatism

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, and monarchic ideology.

When the Republic

Second Spanish Republic

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 was established in 1931, the Lliga accepted the new government, supported the first Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia

Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia

The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia provides Catalonia's basic institutional regulations. It defines the rights and obligations of the citizens of Catalonia , the political institutions of the Catalan nationality, their competences and relations with the rest of Spain, and the financing of the...

 and changed its name to Lliga Catalana (Catalan League). Although the Lliga did not support the rebellion of general Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco

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 in Morocco

Morocco

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 in 1936, many of its activists collaborated with Franco's cause.

Notable members of the party were Enric Prat de la Riba

Enric Prat de la Riba

Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà was a Catalan politician. He became a member of the Centre Escolar Catalanista, where one of the earliest definitions of Catalan nationalism was formulated....

, Francesc Cambó

Francesc Cambó

Francesc Cambó i Batlle was a conservative Catalan politician, founder and leader of the autonomist party Lliga Regionalista. He was minister in several Spanish governments...

, Juan Ventosa and Ramon d'Abadal i Calderó.

The Lliga's press organ was the newspaper La Veu de Catalunya (1899-1936).