 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mumakore ose okuma1630, kuedza kuwedzera mitero kuti kubhadhare mari yehondo muNetherlands kwakatungamirira kumaprotestiti munharaunda dzose dzeSpain; muna 1640, izvi zvakaputika mukumukira pachena muPortugaluye Catalonia, yakatsigirwa naRichelieu sechikamu chehondo yake yokutsausa. Vachikurudzirwa neFrance, vapanduki vacho vakazivisa Republic yeCatalonia muna January 1641. Hurumende yeMadrid yakakurumidza kuunganidza uto revarume 26 000 kuti vapwanye kumukira, uye musi wa23 January, vakakurira vaCatalan paMartorell. VaFrench zvino vakanyengetedza Matare eCatalonia kuti azive Louis XIII saMukuru weBarcelona, uye mutongi wePrincipality yeCatalonia. 