Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa

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. 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).

Early life 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. and the defence of gay rights.

Works Pacte de Joia (1974). Diccionari general d'heràldica (1982). Els Primitius Comtats i Vescomtats de Catalunya (1989). Els quatre pals, l'escut dels comtes de Barcelona (1994). A la recerca dels avantpassats (1995). Repertori de grandeses, títols i corporacions nobiliàries de Catalunya (1998). El moviment gai a la clandestinitat del franquisme (1970–75) (2003). Repertori de grandeses, títols i corporacions nobiliàries de Catalunya II (2004). L'apropiació dels Símbols Nacionals de Catalunya per part d'historiadors aragonesos (2009). Catalunya, un país sense escut (2010). Historia de una falsificación Nobiliaria: La Baronia de Gavín en Aragón (2010). Manual d'heràldica i tècnica del blasó (2011). Qui eren els meus avantpassats? Nou manual de genealogia (2012). Manual de Nobiliària Catalana (2012). Nobiliari General Català. Volum V (2014).

Document collection His personal document collection is preserved in the National Archive of Catalonia.

His collection contains all the documents that Armand de Fluvià has produced or received along his life: Family and personal documents (cards, agendas and notes). Professional documents and work materials that are linked with his activities as a genealogist and heraldist, family trees, photos of world royal houses and of families of Catalan nobility. Archives of the marquis de la Cuesta. Documents linked with the Political Secretary of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona in Catalonia (circulars, correspondence and invoices) with societies that defended the "monarchic rights" (letters, circulars, press excerpts about royal families and about the counts of Barcelona); Documents about the society Amigos de los Castillos (Friends of the castles) (statutes, correspondence, reports and acts); Documents about Carlism (programs, communiqués and correspondence). Documents in favour of gay rights. The collection includes monographies and regular publications about genealogy, heraldry, monarchy, nobility and history.