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Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa
Catalan genealogist and heraldist (1931–2024)
Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa (17 October 1931 – 6 September 2024) was a Catalan genealogist and heraldist. He specialized in Catalan genealogies and in the dynasties of the counts of the Catalan Countries.2
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Born Oct 17, 1931, died Sep 6, 2024.1
About
He had also been a pioneer of the gay rights movement since the last years of the Francoist dictatorship. He was one of the founders of Nacionalistes d'Esquerra (Left Nationalists).
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Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Barcelona3
Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa was born in Barcelona, Spain on 17 October 1931, the son of Armand de Fluvià i Vendrell. In 1959, he graduated with a law degree from the University of Barcelona. In 1960 he became a member of the Barcelona Bar Association.
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Career
Occupation: genealogist, heraldist, historian, LGBTQ rights activist.9
- 1995 to 1997President of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans and Bisexuals7
- 1995 to 1997Chair, State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans, Bisexuals, Intersexuals and more8
- Date not recordedFounded Casal Lambda4
- Date not recordedFounded Front of Gay Liberation of Catalonia5
- Date not recordedFounded Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica6
After finishing a course in paleography and diplomatics in the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts of the University of Barcelona, de Fluvià became involved in genealogy and heraldry. He was a member of the International Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry and of the Salazar y Castro Institute of the CSIC.
In 1984, de Fluvià received the Arenberg Prize in genealogy (1984) and since 1985, he was a member of the Académie Internationale d'Héraldique (International Academy of Heraldry). He was founder and president (1983–2007) of the Societat Catalana de Genealogia, Heràldica, Sigil·lografia, Vexil·lologia i Nobiliària (Catalan Society of Genalogy, Heraldry, Sigillography, Vexillology, and Nobility). He was also a member of the Institut d'Estudis Gironins (Institute of Studies about Girona) (1967) and a numerary member of the Institut d'Estudis Empordanesos (Institute of Studies about the Empordà (1967–93), consultant of the Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona (Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona) (1983) and of the National Archive of Catalonia (1983).
In 1996, de Fluvià gave his bibliographic and documentary collection to the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan regional government). At the time, he opposed the change of heraldry symbols that had been approved by the Ajuntament de Barcelona (Barcelona City Hall). In 2000, he was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi and in 2008 received the Golden Medal of Barcelona.
On 24 October 2007, he founded the Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica (Catalan Institution of Genealogy and Heraldry) (ICGenHer) being the chairperson until he died in 2024.
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Activist
In 1953, de Fluvià was a member of the monarchical group Joventut Espanyola d'Acció (Spanish Youth of Action) (JEA). In 1957, he was imprisoned for political activism. He took part in the Caputxinada and until 1969, he was a member of the political secretary's office of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona. He later became involved in Catalan separatist movement and the defence of gay rights.
In 1976, he became a member of the Socialist Convergence of Catalonia (CSC), which he abandoned in 1979 in order to become one of the founders of Nacionalistes d'Esquerra (Leftist Nationalists) (Nd'E) and, in 1985, of its splinter group, Moviment d'Esquerra Nacionalista (Leftist Nationalist Movement) (MEN). From 1981 to 1993, he was an active member of the Crida a la Solidaritat (Call to Solidarity).
In 1970, when homosexuality was still illegal in Spain, de Fluvià founded the Spanish Movement of Homosexual Liberation. In 1974, he taught a course on sexual anthropology at the Universitat Catalana d'Estiu (Summer Catalan University). He founded and became the first leader of the Front d'Alliberament Gai de Catalunya (Gay Liberation Front of Catalonia) and was president of the Lambda Institute.
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