The Miquelets were irregular local troops in Catalonia, Spain who derived their name, it is said, from Miguel or Miquelot de Prats, a Catalan mercenary captain in the service of Cesare Borgia. They enjoyed a certain prominence in the minor wars of Spain during the 17th and 18th centuries, and in peace seem to have plundered travellers. In the War of the Spanish Succession, the Miquelets continued the struggle against the French claimant until long after the peace.

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  • The Miquelets were irregular local troops in Catalonia, Spain who derived their name, it is said, from Miguel or Miquelot de Prats, a Catalan mercenary captain in the service of Cesare Borgia. They enjoyed a certain prominence in the minor wars of Spain during the 17th and 18th centuries, and in peace seem to have plundered travellers. In the War of the Spanish Succession, the Miquelets continued the struggle against the French claimant until long after the peace. During the Peninsular War they were exceedingly successful in harassing the French invaders in the mountains of Catalonia. Sometimes they even attempted operations in large bodies, as in the operations round Girona in 1808 and 1809. They were maintained by the several parishes, not by the central or the provincial governments, and as they had to turn out for duty on sound of the village alarm-bell (someten) they are frequently called somatenes.
  • Los migueletes eran los miembros de la milicia de carácter mercenario o voluntario, reclutada por las diputaciones y las juntas de la Corona de Aragón, para acciones especiales o como refuerzo de las fuerzas regulares. El miguelete, como tal, es el nombre que recibía un mercenario catalán durante la Guerra dels segadors, el conflicto armado que enfrentó a la Generalidad de Cataluña con el rey Felipe IV durante el conflictivo programa centralizador iniciado por el Conde-Duque de Olivares. De aquí procede la denominación de migueletes para referirse al cuerpo armado que, paradójicamente, sobrevivió a esta guerra y se popularizó al Principado de Cataluña entre los siglos XVII-XIX. Hay que tener en cuenta que este cuerpo armado catalán no tiene ninguna relación con los migueletes forales navarros, guipuzcoanos y vizcaíno.
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  • The Miquelets were irregular local troops in Catalonia, Spain who derived their name, it is said, from Miguel or Miquelot de Prats, a Catalan mercenary captain in the service of Cesare Borgia. They enjoyed a certain prominence in the minor wars of Spain during the 17th and 18th centuries, and in peace seem to have plundered travellers. In the War of the Spanish Succession, the Miquelets continued the struggle against the French claimant until long after the peace.
  • Los migueletes eran los miembros de la milicia de carácter mercenario o voluntario, reclutada por las diputaciones y las juntas de la Corona de Aragón, para acciones especiales o como refuerzo de las fuerzas regulares. El miguelete, como tal, es el nombre que recibía un mercenario catalán durante la Guerra dels segadors, el conflicto armado que enfrentó a la Generalidad de Cataluña con el rey Felipe IV durante el conflictivo programa centralizador iniciado por el Conde-Duque de Olivares.
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  • Miquelets
  • Miguelete
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