 The autonomous institutions of Catalonia had been abolished by the Nueva Planta decrees at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, in which Catalonia had sided against Philip V, and so Catalonia was now largely ruled by the "intendente" sent by Madrid.Antonio de Sartine was thus the effective ruler of Catalonia for almost two decades, from 1726 until his death in 1744.Antonio de Sartine is most remembered as the architect of the "ordenanza" (edict) bearing his name (December 20, 1735) which completely reformed the cadastre in Catalonia.