# List of Spanish regents

This is a list of Spanish regents, a regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state (ruling or not) because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated.

## Reign of Joanna, Queen of Castile and Aragon

| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Regencies (Governor of the Realms), disability of Queen Joanna. ||||
| | Crown of Castile: Ferdinand II of Aragon | 26 November 1504 Death of Queen Isabella the Catholic. | 27 June 1506 Queen Joanna and King Philip I's arrival. |
| | Crown of Castile: Ferdinand II of Aragon | 17 August 1507 Death of King Philip I of Castile in September 1506, followed by the recognition of the incapacity of Queen Joanna. | 23 January 1516 |
| | Crown of Castile: Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros | 23 January 1516 Death of King Ferdinand II. | 19 September 1517 King Charles I's arrival. |
| | Crown of Aragon: Alonso de Aragón Queen's Guardian and Germaine of Foix Lieutenant General | 23 January 1516 Death of King Ferdinand II. | 29 July 1518 Charles I become co-monarch with his mother Queen Joanna. |

## Reign of Charles I

| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Regencies (Governor of the Realms) during Charles I's absences. ||||
| | Cardinal Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens | May 1520 | July 1522 King Charles I's arrival. |
| | Empress Isabella | July 1529 | April 1533 King Charles I's arrival. |
| | Empress Isabella | April 1535 | December 1536 King Charles I's arrival. |
| | Empress Isabella | July 1538 | November 1539 |
| | Prince Philip | 1539 Death of Empress Isabella. | November 1541 King Charles I's arrival. |
| | Prince Philip | May 1543 | 1548 |
| | Archduke Maximilian and Maria of Austria | 1 October 1548 Charles I and Prince Philip's absences. | 12 July 1551 Prince Philip's arrival. |
| | Prince Philip | 12 July 1551 | July 1554 |
| | Joanna of Austria, Princess Dowager of Portugal | July 1554 Charles I and Prince Philip's absences. | 8 September 1559 King Philip II's arrival. (Became monarch in 1556) |

## Reign of Philip III

| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Regency (Governor of the Realms) as President of the Council of Castile during King Philip III's visit to Portugal. ||||
| | Fernando de Acevedo [es] | 22 April 1619 | 4 December 1619 |

## Reign of Charles II

| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Queen Regent during the minority of King Charles II. ||||
| | Mariana of Austria | 17 September 1665 Death of King Philip IV. | 6 November 1675 Charles II's majority. |
| Regency (Lieutenant General of the Realms) during King Charles II's illness. ||||
| | Cardinal Luis Fernández de Portocarrero | 29 October 1700 | 1 November 1700 Death of King Charles II. |

## Reign of Philip V

| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Government Board of the Realms. ||||
| | Maria Anna of Neuburg (Queen Dowager) Cardinal Portocarrero Fray Manuel Arias y Porres (President of the Council of Castile) Fernando de Aragón y Moncada (President of the Council of Aragon) Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Ponce de León (President of the Council of Italy) Juan Domingo Méndez de Haro y Sotomayor (President of the Council of Flanders) Rodrigo Manuel Manrique de Lara (Council of State) Baltasar de Mendoza y Sandoval (Grand Inquisitor) Francisco Pimentel y de Herrera, Count of Benavente | 1 November 1700 | 18 February 1701 King Philip V's arrival. |
| Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Regency (General Governor of the Realms) during King Philip V's absence. ||||
| | | Cardinal Luis Fernández de Portocarrero | 1 September 1701 | 17 January 1703 |

## Reign of Charles III

| Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Queen Regent during King Charles III's absence. ||||
| | | Elisabeth Farnese | 10 August 1759 Death of King Ferdinand VI. | 9 December 1759 King Charles III's arrival. |

## First Reign of Ferdinand VII

| Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Supreme Board of Government, French invasion (King Ferdinand VII's absence). President: ||||
| | | Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain | 10 April 1808 | 4 May 1808 Infante Antonio Pascual's departure to Bayonne. |

## French Invasion and Reign of Joseph Bonaparte

| Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Lieutenant General of the Realm. |||||
| | | Joachim Murat | 4 May 1808 | 20 July 1808 King Joseph's arrival. |
| Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Emperor's Lieutenant General in Spain. |||||
| | | Jean-de-Dieu Soult | 1 July 1813 King Joseph's departure. | 11 December 1813 Treaty of Valençay |

## Second Reign of Ferdinand VII
### Peninsular War

Regencies at Peninsular War, against the French invaders. :
| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Supreme Central and Governing Board of the Realm. Presidents: ||||
| | José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca (Acting) | 25 September 1808 | 1 October 1808 |
| | José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca (Acting) | 1 October 1808 | 30 December 1808 |
| | Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán, 15th Marquis of Astorga (Acting) | 30 December 1808 | 1 May 1809 |
| | Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán, 15th Marquis of Astorga (Acting) | 1 May 1809 | 1 November 1809 |
| | Juan Acisclo de Vera | 1 November 1809 | 31 January 1810 |
| Regency Board of Spain and the Indies. Presidents: ||||
| | Francisco Javier Castaños | 1 February 1810 | 29 May 1810 |
| | Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano | 29 May 1810 | 26 September 1810 |
| | Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis | 27 September 1810 | 28 October 1810 |
| | Pedro Agar y Bustillo | 28 October 1810 | 8 December 1810 |
| | Joaquín Blake y Joyes | 8 December 1810 | 8 April 1811 |
| | Pedro Agar y Bustillo | 8 April 1811 | 8 August 1811 |
| | Gabriel de Císcar y Císcar | 8 August de 1811 | 8 December de 1811 |
| | Pedro Agar y Bustillo | 8 December 1811 | 22 January 1812 |
| Regency Council of the Realm. Presidents: ||||
| | Joaquín de Mosquera y Figueroa | 22 January 1812 | 15 June 1812 |
| | Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado | 15 June 1812 | 15 December 1812 |
| | Juan María de Villavicencio | 15 December 1812 | 8 March 1813 |
| | Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón (Acting) | 8 March 1813 | 22 March 1813 |
| | Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón (Acting) | 22 March 1813 | 10 May 1814 King Ferdinand VII's arrival. |

### Liberal Triennium and Hundred Thousand Sons of St. Louis Intervention

Regencies during the Hundred Thousand Sons of St. Louis Intervention. :
| Enshrined in the Cortes (Spanish Parliament) ||||
| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Provisional Regency Council of the Realm. President: ||||
| | Cayetano Valdés y Flores | 11 June 1823 King Ferdinand VII prisoner of the Cortes. | 15 June 1823 |
| Enshrined in the French army ||||
| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Provisional Government Board of Spain and the Indies. President: ||||
| | Francisco de Eguía | 9 April 1823 | 25 May 1823 |
| Regency Council of the Realm during King's Captivity. President: ||||
| | Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado | 25 May 1823 | 1 October 1823 King Ferdinand VII's liberation. |

## Reign of Isabella II

Regencies during the minority of Queen Isabella II: :
| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Queen Regent ||||
| | Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies | 29 September 1833 Death of King Ferdinand VII. | 12 October 1840 Queen Regent's deposition. |
| Provisional Regency of the Realm. President: ||||
| | Baldomero Espartero | 12 October 1840 | 10 May 1841 |
| Regent of the Realm ||||
| | Baldomero Espartero | 10 May 1841 | 23 July 1843 General Espartero's deposition and Queen Isabella II's majority. |

## Interregnum and Reign of Amadeo

| Image | Name | Term start | Term end |
| Provisional Government and Executive Power. President: ||||
| | Francisco Serrano y Domínguez | (President of the Provisional Government) 8 October 1868 Queen Isabella II's deposition. | 25 February 1869 |
| | Francisco Serrano y Domínguez | (President of the Executive Power) 25 February 1869 | 18 June 1869 |
| Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Regent of the Realm | Regent of the Realm | Regent of the Realm | Regent of the Realm | |
| | | Francisco Serrano y Domínguez | 18 June 1869 | 2 January 1871 King Amadeo's arrival. |

## Reign of Alfonso XII

| Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Regency Ministry during King Alfonso XII's absence. President: ||||
| | | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | 31 December 1874 Bourbon dynasty restored. | 14 January 1875 King Alfonso XII's arrival. |

## Reign of Alfonso XIII

| Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Queen Regent after the death of Alfonso XII (who died while she was pregnant) and during the minority of King Alfonso XIII (who was born king). |||||
| | | Maria Christina of Austria Death of King Alfonso XII. | 26 November 1885 | 17 May 1902 King Alfonso XIII's majority. |

## Dictatorship of Francisco Franco

| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| National interregnum under the Francoist regime. |||||
| | Francisco Franco, Caudillo of Spain | 26 July 1947 Restoration of the "Kingdom of Spain" | 20 November 1975 Died |
| | Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel | 20 November 1975 As President of the Regency Council after Franco's death. | 22 November 1975 Juan Carlos became monarch. |

### Acting regents

| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Regency Council during Francisco Franco's visit to Portugal. ||||
| | Esteban de Bilbao Eguía Leopoldo Eijo y Garay Miguel Ponte y Manso de Zúñiga | 22 October 1949 | 27 October 1949 |
| Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
| Acting Head of State during Francisco Franco's illness. |||||
| | Juan Carlos, Prince of Spain | 19 July 1974 | 2 September 1974 |
| | Juan Carlos, Prince of Spain | 30 October 1975 | 20 November 1975 Death of Francisco Franco. |