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The current Spanish constitution refers to the monarchy as "The Crown" and the constitutional title of the monarch is simply rey/reina de España: [1] that is, "king/queen of Spain". However, the constitution allows for the use of other historic titles pertaining to the Spanish monarchy, [ 1 ] without specifying them.
This article serves as an index – as complete as possible – of all the honorific orders or similar decorations awarded by Spain, classified by Monarchies chapter and Republics chapter, and, under each chapter, recipients' countries and the detailed list of recipients.
Iñaki Urdangarin : Knight Grand Cross of the Spanish Royal Order of Sports Merit (Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo) (on 30 November 2001) [14] Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria and Hernani : 1,192nd Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa (on 6 March 1957)
Since then, Spanish monarchs have been grand masters of the orders, which enables them to award individuals with the habits of the former as an honor. Provincial and municipal corporations ( diputaciones and ayuntamientos ) have a tradition for granting medals, and "adoptive" and "predilect" son/daughter as honorific titles.
Historically, don was used to address members of the nobility, e.g. hidalgos, as well as members of the secular clergy.The treatment gradually came to be reserved for persons of the blood royal, e.g. Don John of Austria, and those of such acknowledged high or ancient aristocratic birth as to be noble de Juro e Herdade, that is, "by right and heredity" rather than by the king's grace.
In 1969, twelve years after the Law of Succession to the Headship of the State, the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco skipped Infante Juan and designated Juan Carlos as his successor, with the title Prince of Spain. [2] On Franco's death in 1975, he thus became King of Spain. The Spanish titles of Juan Carlos I as monarch of Spain were as follows:
7 July 1989 – 1 December 2000: Ensign, Spanish Navy [58] 7 July 1989 – 1 December 2000: Lieutenant, Spanish Air Force [59] 18 March 1996: Qualified Helicopter Pilot, 402 Training Squadron, Spanish Air Force [60] 1 December 2000 – 3 July 2009: Commandant, Spanish Army [61] 1 December 2000 – 3 July 2009: Corvette Captain, Spanish Navy [61]
Portrait of a Spanish nobleman, The 5th Duke of Alburquerque, Grandee of Spain, at the height of the Spanish Empire, 1560 The Spanish nobility are people who possess a title of nobility confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest orders of knighthood: the Order of the Golden ...