 Complete the following phrase:  The Llanzas are one of the oldest families in Catalonia, recorded already in the 12th century. In the early 17th century one of its branches settled at a large pairal estate in Vilassar de Mar. Its descendant and Manuels paternal grandfather, Rafael de Llanza i de Valls 17721833, made a very picturesque figure during the Napoleonic period. His military career was extremely windy: first he fought against the French in Catalonia, then as a French ally against the English in Galicia and Portugal, the Austrians in Italy and the Prussians in Pomerania and Denmark, was incarcerated for attempt to join national anti-French rising of 1808, as a volunteer reached 