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Rafael Casanova i Comes ((:rəˈfɛɫ ˌkazəˈnɔβə)) (Moià, 1660 - Sant Boi de Llobregat, May 2nd, 1743) was a Spanish jurist, and supporter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor as a pretender 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 counterattack on the Saint Peter front on the last day of the siege, September 11, 1714. He recovered from his wounds, and after the war he continued his fight against absolutism as a lawyer and it has been claimed that he is the author of the book ''Record de l'Aliança fet el Sereníssim Jordi Augusto Rey de la Gran Bretanya'' (Remembrance of the Alliance to George I of Great Britain) in which Catalonia reminds England of the Treaty of Genoa and their obligation to Catalonia. ==Life== Rafael was born in Moià around 1660 and lived there until he turned 14 years old, his birth home now houses two museums, one which is dedicated to Rafael himself and the other being the ''Archaeology and Paleontology Museum - Caves of the Toll of Moià.'' He was one of eleven children of Rafael Casanova i Solà (1625 - 1682), a landowner of a rural estate in Moià, and Maria Comes i Sors († 1684), from Lliçà d'Amunt. At the time of his birth, the Casanova family enjoyed a solid financial position based on the usage of their land and the trade of grain and wool to supply the powerful textile industry in the subvegueria of Moianès. The Casanovas had a long tradition of participating in public affairs: his father was the head of a Catalan paramilitary organization called Sometent (dissolved 1978) in 1650, Councillor of the People (1652) and the head of the Moianès subvegueria (1659). The inheritance of the family lands was reserved to his brother, Francisco Casanova, as was the lineage itself. Thus, the young Rafael moved to Barcelona to study law, in 1678, at the age of 18 he had achieved a Doctor of Law degree. His father had died in 1682 and his mother two years later, in 1684. Three years later, in 1687, his older brother Francis was named as an ''honorable citizen of Barcelona'', as Moiá had the dignity to be the "''street and arm of Barcelona''", that is, the people of Moià enjoyed the same exemptions, rights and privileges as the people of Barcelona, and, were under the jurisdiction of the Councillors of Barcelona. In 1696, with his career established, he married the heiress Maria Bosch i Barba, daughter of Pau Bosch and Maria Barba. The Bosch family were a lineage of apothecaries from Barcelona that had important properties in Sant Boi de Llobregat. Maria Bosch had become the widow of a medical doctor, Josep Campllonch i Puig, with whom she had a son named Josep. In the "''marriage agreement''", it stated that Rafael Casanova would not obtain possession of the assets of the Bosch family, but would only temporarily administrate them while their children remain underage. This way, Rafael Casanova, the young man who came from Moià, economically consolidated his ascending position in Barcelona, while the Bosch family got a son in law to manage their assets. Pau Bosch set a 2,750 pounds dowry for his daughter, adding 2,500 pounds for children born from the marriage, an amount which the Campllonch family possessed and had to return, but failed to do so in full, returning only 759 pounds. The newly wed couple went to live in an apartment rented by Rafael, on the street of Banys Nous 16, as discovered by the historian, Albert Garcia Espuche, in the lost house; where a newly constructed building stands, in which in 2014, during the events of the "Tricentenari" (tercentenary) of 1714, they erected a commemorative plaque. They had four children: * Francesc (? - 1710) * Rafael Casanova i Bosch (March 7th, 1701, Barcelona - 1768, Sant Boi de Llobregat) * Pau (1704 - 1704) * Teresa (1704 - 1704) In 1697, Maria Bosch empowered her husband in favor of Rafael Casanova, which were augmented in 1700 by Pau Bosch, her father, giving new powers to manage the assets of Bosch family. On December 29th, 1704, Maria Bosch died during childbirth, the newborn twins, Pau and Teresa, died a few days later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rafael Casanova」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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