Independent Catalonia

How can Catalonia become independent from Spain with a POD post 1800 (except the Spanish civil war)? And how big could it get?
 
How can Catalonia become independent from Spain with a POD post 1800 (except the Spanish civil war)? And how big could it get?

Catalonia specifically, or will Aragon do?

The simplest way would probably be for Spain to fall apart with regionalism during one of the Civil War periods. If Spain survives whole apart from Catalonia it's likely to dedicate the rest of its existence to conquering Catalonia again, which will make life tough for the Catalans.
 
Catalonia specifically, or will Aragon do?

The simplest way would probably be for Spain to fall apart with regionalism during one of the Civil War periods. If Spain survives whole apart from Catalonia it's likely to dedicate the rest of its existence to conquering Catalonia again, which will make life tough for the Catalans.

An Aragon would be awesome if you have any ideas.
 
Not really, except to really make, say, the Carlist Wars go chaotic. It's not a very likely eventuality, that's the problem. It would require a TL where you make a number of events keep going wrong for Spain in an improbable manner, but I don't think it's so unlikely that it's ASB. I really don't have any better/more evolved ideas than that, though.
 
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