Catalonia goes independent in the 18th or 19th century?

How could Catalonia leave Spain in the 1700s or 1800s? Would that lead to the dissolution of the country to other regions as well?

I just see independent Catalonia in a couple of old timelines. I wonder why it broke free, as opposed to the Basque regions.
 
Related - I'd read stuff on a Catalonia being the power and real uniter of Spain...

(Was there any King of Baron or etc of Catalonia one day?)
 
Maybe if the War of Spanish Succession tumbles on and Philippe d'Anjou is unable to oust the Archduke Charles from Catalonia. We could maybe see some proto-Catalonian state, although I'm not sure how likely that'd be.

In the 19th century I don't know if you could see a full blown Catalonia, but maybe we see a Catalonia with significant autonomy.
 
What other autonomous Spanish regions could have arisen at the time? I ask this because I bet most of the nationalist movements did not exist yet. Was there ever any reason why Catalonian independence was more likely than Galicia, the Basques, Asturias, etc.?
 
The WoSS is probably the best occasion. Or you may have some mess with Napoleon.

If Napoleon had, instead of putting his brother Joesph on the throne, broken Spain up into a "Confederation of Iberia", with Catalonia becoming a largely independent state, it would likely remain independent to this day. With a more pacified Iberia (left largely to its own devices), the Russian Campaign might have succeeded and Napoleon would have won the wars.
 
What other autonomous Spanish regions could have arisen at the time? I ask this because I bet most of the nationalist movements did not exist yet. Was there ever any reason why Catalonian independence was more likely than Galicia, the Basques, Asturias, etc.?

I guess its because Catalania have a really independant language, maybe? I means, its not the same branch of latin languages as spanish, and so with a culture that is/wish to be seen as more distinct. Even more with basques, the ancient peoples..

Gallicia also, could it have instead a movement to unite with portugal?
 
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