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Testament and codicils granted in Vienna by Don Manuel Desvalls y d’Alegre, Marquis Desvalls del Poal in 1760.

Date
1760
Archive
National Archive of Catalonia
Document type
Textual
Reference code
ANC1-1087-T-544
Link to the online document
Description

This document contains the will and codicils granted in Vienna by Manuel Desvalls i d’Alegre, a prominent military and Catalan noble exiled after the War of Succession. It is a key source for studying the testamentary practices of the nobility, patrimonial transmission and family strategies in the context of exile. The text reflects the continuity of identity and links with Catalonia despite the distance, and shows the connection between the Catalan nobility and the European courts of the 18th century.