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Rafael Casanova

1660 - 1743

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Rafael Casanova i Comes (Catalan pronunciation: [rəˈfɛl ˌkazəˈnɔβə]; 1660 – 2 May 1743) was a Catalan jurist and supporter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor as a claimant to the Crown of Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession. He became mayor of Barcelona and commander in chief of Catalonia during the Siege of Barcelona until he was wounded in combat while commanding La Coronela during the counterattack on the Saint Peter front on the last day of the siege, 11 September 1714. After the war he received a royal pardon for having supported the Habsburg claim to the Spanish throne. He recovered from his wounds, and continued his fight against absolute monarchy as a lawyer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Casanova is the 8,792nd most popular politician (down from 7,474th in 2019), the 761st most popular biography from Spain (down from 675th in 2019) and the 256th most popular Spanish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rafael Casanova ranks 8,792 out of 19,576. Before him are Trpimir I of Croatia, George VIII of Georgia, Murad Giray, Nepotianus, Pyotr Chaadayev, and Semiz Ali Pasha. After him are Catherine of Burgundy, Gaius Scribonius Curio, Renaud de Vichiers, Mithridates I of the Bosporus, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, and Adel Shah.

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Among people born in 1660, Rafael Casanova ranks 14. Before him are André Campra, Veronica Giuliani, Hans Sloane, Andreas Schlüter, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Johann Patkul. After him are Friedrich Hoffmann, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Arnold Houbraken, Jakob Prandtauer, and Grace Sherwood. Among people deceased in 1743, Rafael Casanova ranks 8. Before him are André-Hercule de Fleury, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, Anne Sophie Reventlow, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and Nicolas Lancret. After him are Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz, Augustine Washington, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Jai Singh II.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rafael Casanova ranks 761 out of 3,355. Before him are Lucius Licinius Lucullus (-150), Chus Lampreave (1930), Adelardo Rodríguez (1939), Ana María Matute (1925), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), and Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487). After him are Francesc Eiximenis (1330), Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1342), Inés Suárez (1507), Rossy de Palma (1964), Manuel Sanchís Martínez (1938), and Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Rafael Casanova ranks 256. Before him are Eleanor of Castile (1191), Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne (1177), Abd al-Rahman V (1001), Bonosus (300), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1453), and Lucius Licinius Lucullus (-150). After him are Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1342), Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás (1900), Manuel Valls (1962), Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926), Estanislao Figueras (1819), and Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1911).

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