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Reapers' War: Louis XIII of France swears the Catalan constitutions, being appointed Count of Barcelona and thus establishing the personal union of the Principality of Catalonia with the Kingdom of France.
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Reapers' War
Rebellion to restore an independent Catalonia
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Country in Western Europe (843–1792; 1815–1848)
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