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| Catalan navy | |
|---|---|
| Marina de guerra catalana | |
| Active | 9th century – 1714 |
| Disbanded | September 1714 |
| Country | Principality of Catalonia |
| Type | Navy |
| Role | Coastal defence Offensive |
| Part of | Military of Catalonia |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Vice admiral of Catalonia |
The Catalan navy was a navy from the Principality of Catalonia. It encompassed the Catalan ships, Catalan admirals and Catalan crew, that were under the direct or indirect orders of the counts of Barcelona (i.e. the kings of Aragon, and later the kings of Spain) and represented a reality recognized throughout the Mediterranean from its origins in the 9th century, as stated by Einhard in Annales regni Francorum (c. 830),[1][2][3] until Ferdinand the Catholic. In later times, ships built and manned on the Catalan coast, even, some of them, under the authority of non-Catalan kings, such as the kings of Naples, staged some important events.
Similarly, the navies of the kingdoms of Mallorca and Valencia had their own entity and can be studied separately.
- ^ Einhardi Annales: In usum scholarum, ex Monumentis Germaniae historicis recudi fecit Georgius Heinricus Pertz ... Monumenta Germaniae historica (in Latin). Impensis bibliopolii Hahniani. 1845. p. 66. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ de Abadal y Vinyals, R.; Callicó, J.S. (1986). Catalunya carolíngia: Volum: 1/1: El Domini carolingi a Catalunya / edició a cura de Jaume Sobrequés i Callicó. Memòries de la Secció Històrico-Arqueològica (in Catalan). Institut d'Estudis Catalans. p. 215. ISBN 978-84-7283-083-7. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ Magdeburgensis, B. (1843). De bello Saxonico liber quem in usum scholarum ex Monumentis Germaniae Historicis recudi fecit Georgius Heinricus Pertz. Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum ex Monumentis Germaniae historicis recusi (in Latin). impensis bibliopolii Hahniani. p. 1-PA66. Retrieved 3 July 2022.