Juan Bautista Basset y Ramos
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| Born | 1654 Alboraya, Valencia, Spain |
| Died | January 15, 1728 (aged 73) Segovia, Spain |
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| Years of service | 1718 - 1728 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
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Juan Bautista Basset y Ramos, also known as Joan Baptista Basset (Alboraya, ca. 1654 — Segovia, January 15, 1728) was a Valencian military man who led the revolt of the Kingdom of Valencia against Philip of Anjou during the War of the Spanish Succession as leader of the Maulets, Valencian supporters of Archduke Charles of Austria.
Basset was born into a family of artisans. His father, Joan Basset, was a carpenter, sculptor and gilder of images and altarpieces. His mother was Esperança Ramos.
He served as a professional soldier in the Austrian army of Archduke Charles of Austria, who was later crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as Emperor Charles VI with the support of Jorge de Darmstadt, the Prince of Hesse. Basset sailed with the Anglo-Dutch fleet that carried the Austrian candidate to take over as king of Spain in 1704.
After the capture of Gibraltar, the Allied troops landed in Dénia on 17 August 1705. Within weeks Basset y Ramos, serving as General of the austracistas forces, arrived in the city of Valencia, where they proclaimed the Archduke Charles of Austria as King Charles III. In February 1706, he organized the defense of Játiva, victoriously rejecting the Bourbon troops. Basset captained the Valencian revolt against the absolutist and centralizing government of Felipe V, joined the demands of the peasants against the nobles, and the merchants and artisans of the cities aligned with pro-trade elements in the Netherlands and England against the power of the French. Thus they became chief botiflers maulets against supporters of Philip of Anjou.
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