List of heads of state of Spain

This is a list of Spanish heads of state, who have led the country of Spain.

Kingdom of Spain (1479–1873)

House of Trastámara (1479–1555)

House of Habsburg (1516–1700)

 Portrait Coat of armsNameLifeReignTitles Claim 80px 80px Charles I (Emperor Charles V) February 24, 1500 – September 21, 1558 (aged 58) March 14, 1516 – January 16, 1556 
 Holy Roman Emperor; King of Germany and Italy
 King of Spain, Sicily and Sardinia
 King of Naples and Jerusalem
 Archduke of Austria
 Duke of Burgundy (Titular), Lord of the Netherlands Son of Joanna of Castile, grandson of Isabella I and Ferdinand II 80px 80px Philip II, the Prudent May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598 (aged 71) January 16, 1556 – September 13, 1598 
 King of Spain, Sicily and Sardinia 
 King of Naples and Jerusalem
 King of Portugal
 King of England and Ireland (jure uxoris)
 Duke of Burgundy (Titular), Lord of the Netherlands
 Duke of Milan Son of Charles I 80px Philip III, the Pious April 14, 1578 – March 31, 1621 (aged 42) September 13, 1598 – March 31, 1621 
 King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia
 Duke of Milan Son of Philip II 80px Philip IV, the Great, the Planet King April 8, 1605 – September 17, 1665 (aged 60) March 31, 1621 – September 17, 1665 
 King of Spain, Portugal (until 1640), Naples, Sicily and Sardinia
 Duke of Milan
 Sovereign of the Netherlands and Count Palatine of Burgundy Son of Philip III 80px Charles II, the Bewitched November 6, 1661 – November 1, 1700 (aged 38) September 17, 1665 – November 1, 1700 
 King of Spain, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia
 Duke of Milan
 Sovereign of the Netherlands and Count Palatine of Burgundy Son of Philip IV

Disputed claimant

 Portrait Coat of armsNameLifeReignTitlesClaim 80px 70px 75px Archduke Charles of Austria,as Charles III October 1, 1685 – October 20, 1740 (aged 55) September 12, 1703 – July 2, 1715 
 King of Spain, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia
 Duke of Milan
 Sovereign of the Netherlands Great-grandson of Philip III

House of Bourbon (1700–1808)


 Portrait Coat of armsNameLifeReignTitles Claim 80px 80px Philip V, the Spirited December 19, 1683 – July 9, 1746 (aged 62) November 16, 1700 – January 14, 1724 King of Spain Great-grandson of Philip IV 80px Louis I, the Beloved, the Liberal August 25, 1707 – August 31, 1724 (aged 17) January 14, 1724 – August 31, 1724 Son of Philip V 80px Philip V, the Spirited December 19, 1683 – July 9, 1746 (aged 62) September 6, 1724 – July 9, 1746 Father of Louis I 80px Ferdinand VI, the Learned, the Just September 23, 1713 – August 10, 1759 (aged 45) July 9, 1746 – August 10, 1759 Son of Philip V 80px Charles III, the Enlightened, the King-Mayor January 20, 1716 – December 14, 1788 (aged 72) August 10, 1759 – December 14, 1788 80px Charles IV, the Hunter November 11, 1748 – January 20, 1819 (aged 70) December 14, 1788 – March 19, 1808 Son of Charles III 80px Ferdinand VII, the Desired, the Felon King October 14, 1784 – September 29, 1833 (aged 48) March 19, 1808 – May 6, 1808 Son of Charles IV

House of Bonaparte (1808–1813)
 Portrait Coat of armsNameLifeReignTitles Claim 80px 80px Joseph I, the Intruder, Bottle Joe January 7, 1768 – July 28, 1844 (aged 76) June 6, 1808 – December 11, 1813 
 King of Spain
 King of Naples and Sicily and the Indies
 Comte de Survilliers No relationship, appointee and elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte

House of Bourbon (1813–1868; first restoration)
 Portrait Coat of armsNameLifeReignTitles Claim 80px 80px Ferdinand VII, the Desired, the Felon King October 14, 1784 – September 29, 1833 (aged 48) December 11, 1813 – September 29, 1833 King of Spain Son of Charles IV 80px Isabella II, the One with the Sad Destinies October 10, 1830 – April 9, 1904 (aged 73) September 29, 1833 – September 30, 1868 Queen of Spain Daughter of Ferdinand VII

House of Savoy (1870–1873)
 Portrait Coat of armsNameLifeReignTitles Claim 80px 80px Amadeo I, the Gentleman King,  May 30, 1845 – January 18, 1890 (aged 44) December 4, 1870 – February 11, 1873 King of Spain Descendant of Philip II (through his grandson Thomas Francis) and of Charles III (through his son Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and his daughter Maria Luisa)

First Spanish Republic (1873–1874)
Presidents of the Republic
 Portrait Coat of arms NameTerm of officePolitical affiliation 80px80px Estanislao Figueras February 12, 1873 June 11, 1873Federal Democratic Republican Party 80px Francesc Pi i Margall June 11, 1873 July 18, 1873 80px Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso July 18, 1873 September 7, 1873 80px Emilio Castelar y Ripoll September 7, 1873 January 3, 1874 80px Francisco Serrano  1st Duke of la Torre January 3, 1874 December 30, 1874 Conservative faction

Kingdom of Spain (1874–1931)

House of Bourbon (1874–1931; second restoration)
 Portrait Coat of armsNameLifeReignTitles Claim 80px 80px Alfonso XII, the Peacemaker November 28, 1857 – November 25, 1885 (aged 27) December 30, 1874 – November 25, 1885 Constitutional King of Spain Son of Isabella II 80px Alfonso XIII, the African May 17, 1886 – February 28, 1941 (aged 54) May 17, 1886 – April 14, 1931 Son of Alfonso XII

Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939)
Presidents of the Republic
 Portrait Coat of arms NameTerm of officePolitical affiliation 80px80px Niceto Alcalá-Zamora December 10, 1931 April 7, 1936 Liberal Republican Right 80px Diego Martínez Barrio April 7, 1936 May 10, 1936 Republican Union 80px Manuel Azaña May 10, 1936 March 3, 1939 Republican Left 80px Segismundo Casado March 4, 1939 March 13, 1939Republican Army 80px José Miaja March 13, 1939 March 27, 1939

Spanish Republican government in exile (1939–1977)
Presidents in exile
 Portrait Coat of arms NameTerm of officePolitical affiliation 80px80px Diego Martínez Barrio March 4, 1939 May 11, 1940 Republican Union 80px Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana May 11, 1940 August 17, 1945 Independent 80px Diego Martínez Barrio August 17, 1945 January 1, 1962 Republican Union 80px Luis Jiménez de Asúa January 1, 1962 November 16, 1970 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 80px José Maldonado González November 16, 1970 July 1, 1977 Republican Left

Francoist Spain (1936–1975)
 Portrait Coat of armsNameTerm of officePolitical affiliationHead of State (Caudillo) 80px 80px Francisco Franco October 1, 1936 November 20, 1975 FET y de las JONSPresident of the Regency 80px 80px Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel November 20, 1975 November 22, 1975 National Movement

Kingdom of Spain (1975–present)

 Portrait Coat of armsNameLifeReignTitles Claim 80px 80px Juan Carlos I  November 22, 1975 – June 19, 2014 King of Spain Grandson of Alfonso XIII, through his third son, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona 80px 80px Felipe VI  June 19, 2014 – present Son of Juan Carlos I

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