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2. Ramon Berenguer IV
HeunitedCataloniaandjoineditwithAragonbymarryingPrincessPetronilain
1137.
3. Jaume I the Conqueror
This 13th-century warrior-king (d. 1276) conquered the Balearics and Valencia,
laying the foundations for the empire.
4. Ramon Llull
Mallorcan philosopher and missionary, Llull (d. 1316) is the greatest figure in
medieval Catalan literature.
5. Ferdinand the Catholic
King of Aragon and Catalonia (d.1516), he married Isabel of Castile, paving the
wayfortheKingdomofSpain'sformationandtheendofCatalanindependence.
6. Idlefons Cerda
19th-century urban planner who designed the Eixample.
7. Antoni Gaudi
An idiosyncratic and devout
Modernista
architect, Gaudí was responsible for
Barcelona's most famous monuments.
8. Francesc Macia
ThissocialistnationalistpoliticianproclaimedthebirthoftheCatalanRepublic
(1931) and Catalan autonomy (1932).
9. Lluis Companys
CatalanpresidentduringtheCivilWar.ExiledinFrance,hewasarrestedbythe
Gestapo in 1940 and returned to Franco, who had him executed.
10. Jordi Pujol
Acentre-right regionalist politician, Pujol'sConvergència iUniócoalition ruled
Catalonia from 1980 to 2003.
