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The monarch "arbitrates and moderates the regular functioning of the institutions" and assumes the highest representation of the Spanish State in international relations. [1] The monarch exercises the functions expressly conferred on him by the constitution and the laws. [2] [14] The King is Head of State, the symbol of its unity and permanence.
On 1 October 1936, General Francisco Franco was proclaimed "Leader of Spain" (Spanish: Caudillo de España) in the parts of Spain controlled by the Nationalists (nacionales) after the Spanish Civil War broke out. At the end of the war, on 1 April 1939, Franco took control of the whole of Spain, ending the Second Republic.
The Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain (Spanish: Real Casa y Patrimonio de la Corona de España) was the institution of the Monarchy of Spain.It governed the organization of the Royal Spanish Court from the time of the Habsburg dynasty, which introduced the so-called Burgundian etiquette, up to the reign of King Alfonso XIII, great-grandfather of the current King Felipe VI, in ...
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.
1 May 1539 Charles I: Mary I of England: Henry VIII of England 18 February 1516 25 July 1554 16 January 1556 husband's ascension: 17 November 1558 Philip II: Elisabeth of Valois: Henry II of France 2 April 1546 22 June 1559 3 October 1568 Anna of Austria: Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor 1 November 1549 4 May 1570 26 October 1580
Kings of Alpuente, see Alpuente; List of Aragonese monarchs; List of viceroys of Aragon (alias lieutenants); List of Asturian monarchs; List of emirs of Badajoz; List of counts of Barcelona
The following is the family tree of the Spanish monarchs starting from Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon till the present day. The former kingdoms of Aragon (see family tree), Castile (see family tree) and Navarre (see family tree) were independent kingdoms that unified in 1469 as personal union, with the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs, to become the Kingdom of Spain (de ...
Maria Theresa, the only female monarch of Bohemia, was crowned king in order to emphasize that she was the monarch and not consort. The last King of Bohemia to be crowned as such was Emperor Ferdinand of Austria. [7] The abbess of the St. George's Abbey had the privilege to crown the wife of the King of Bohemia.