You had it in the Wikipedia article linked by the op.<p>Edit... anyway: De Lezo took part in the Spanish Sucession War. In that war, Catalonia lost some <i>fueros</i> (middle ages common law) because it was against the Borbons (that won) and in the revisionist version of history that we&#x27;re hearing in very recent years, that&#x27;s tantamount to genocide.