Princeps namque was one of the Usages of Barcelona which regulate the defense of the prince and Principality of Catalonia, and the organising of its military forces. Included in the first Usages of the 11th Century, it was explicitly included in the Usages until the end of the 16th Century. It was repealed with the Nueva Planta decrees promulgated by Philip V, following the defeat of the Catalan supporters of Archduke Charles in the War of the Spanish Succession (1714), one of the effects of which was the suppression of the army led by General Moragues during the war, the sometent, an institution with the philosophy of national defense which despite this temporary suppression, was reestablished in 1794 by the Count of the Union during the Roussillon War (1793-1795), mainly due to the poor situation of the army, and was used again during the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814), against the French Army in Roses, Barcelona and Tarragona.[1]