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 PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end disability of Queen Joanna.Crown of Castile: Ferdinand II of Aragon26 November 1504Death of Queen Isabella the Catholic.27 June 1506Queen Joanna and King Philip I's arrival.17 August 1507Death of King Philip I of Castile in September 1506, followed by the recognition of the incapacity of Queen Joanna.23 January 1516Crown of Castile: Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros23 January 1516Death of King Ferdinand II.19 September 1517King Charles I's arrival.Crown of Aragon: Alonso de AragónQueen's GuardianandGermaine of FoixLieutenant General23 January 1516Death of King Ferdinand II.29 July 1518Charles I become co-monarch with his mother Queen Joanna.
Reign of Charles I Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end during Charles I's absences.Cardinal Adriaan Florenszoon BoeyensMay 1520January 1522Election as Pope. Eleanor of AustriaJanuary 1522July 1522 King Charles I's arrival.Empress IsabellaJuly 1529April 1533King Charles I's arrival.April 1535December 1536King Charles I's arrival.July 15381 May 1539Death of Empress Isabella.Juan Pardo de Tavera (de facto)November 1539Charles I's absences.November 1541King Charles I's arrival.Prince Philip (de jure)Prince PhilipMay 15431548Archduke Maximilian and Maria of Austria1 October 1548Charles I and Prince Philip's absences.12 July 1551Prince Philip's arrival.Prince Philip12 July 1551July 1554Joanna of Austria, Princess Dowager of PortugalJuly 1554Charles I and Prince Philip's absences.8 September 1559King Philip II's arrival.(Became monarch in 1556)
Reign of Philip III Image Name Regency start Regency end as President of the Council of Castile during King Philip III's visit to Portugal.22 April 16194 December 1619
Reign of Charles II Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end during the minority of King Charles II.Mariana of Austria17 September 1665Death of King Philip IV.6 November 1675Charles II's majority.Gaceta de Madrid, 9 de noviembre de 1700 . during King Charles II's illness.Cardinal Luis Fernández de Portocarrero29 October 1700 1 November 1700Death of King Charles II.
Reign of Philip V Image Name Regency start Regency end .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 BenaventeGaceta de Madrid, 2 de noviembre de 1700 .1 November 170018 February 1701King Philip V's arrival. Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end during King Philip V's absence.Cardinal Luis Fernández de Portocarrero1 September 1701Gaceta de Madrid, 6 de septiembre de 1701 .17 January 1703Gaceta de Madrid, 23 de enero de 1703
Reign of Charles III Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end during King Charles III's absence.Elisabeth Farnese10 August 1759Death of King Ferdinand VI.9 December 1759 King Charles III's arrival.
First Reign of Ferdinand VII Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end , French invasion (King Ferdinand VII's absence). President:Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain10 April 18084 May 1808Infante Antonio Pascual's departure to Bayonne.
French Invasion and Reign of Joseph Bonaparte Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end .Joachim Murat4 May 1808Gaceta de Madrid, 13 de mayo 1808 20 July 1808King Joseph's arrival.
Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end .Jean-de-Dieu Soult1 July 1813King Joseph's departure.11 December 1813Treaty of Valençay
Second Reign of Ferdinand VII
Peninsular War at Peninsular War, against the French invaders. Image Name Regency start Regency end . Presidents: José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca(Acting) 25 September 1808 1 October 1808 1 October 1808 30 December 1808 Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán, 15th Marquis of Astorga(Acting)30 December 18081 May 18091 May 18091 November 1809Juan Acisclo de Vera1 November 180931 January 1810 . Presidents:Francisco Javier Castaños1 February 181029 May 1810Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano29 May 181026 September 1810Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis27 September 181028 October 1810Pedro Agar y Bustillo28 October 18108 December 1810Joaquín Blake y Joyes8 December 18108 April 1811Pedro Agar y Bustillo8 April 18118 August 1811Gabriel de Císcar y Císcar8 August de 18118 December de 1811Pedro Agar y Bustillo8 December 181122 January 1812 . Presidents:Joaquín de Mosquera y Figueroa22 January 181215 June 1812Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado15 June 181215 December 1812Juan María de Villavicencio15 December 18128 March 1813 Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón(Acting)8 March 181322 March 1813 22 March 1813 10 May 1814King Ferdinand VII's arrival.
Liberal Triennium and Hundred Thousand Sons of St. Louis Intervention during the Hundred Thousand Sons of St. Louis Intervention. Image Name Regency start Regency end . President:Cayetano Valdés y Flores11 June 1823King Ferdinand VII prisoner of the Cortes.15 June 1823 Image Name Regency start Regency end . President:Francisco de Eguía9 April 182325 May 1823 . President:Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado25 May 18231 October 1823King Ferdinand VII's liberation.
Reign of Isabella II during the minority of Queen Isabella II: Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies29 September 1833Death of King Ferdinand VII.12 October 1840Queen Regent's deposition. . President:Baldomero Espartero12 October 184010 May 1841 Baldomero Espartero10 May 184123 July 1843General Espartero's deposition andQueen Isabella II's majority.
Interregnum and Reign of Amadeo Image Name Term start Term end President: Francisco Serrano y Domínguez(President of the Provisional Government)8 October 1868 Queen Isabella II's deposition. 25 February 1869(President of the Executive Power)25 February 186918 June 1869 Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end Francisco Serrano y Domínguez18 June 18692 January 1871King Amadeo's arrival.
Reign of Alfonso XII Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end during King Alfonso XII's absence. President: Antonio Cánovas del Castillo31 December 1874Bourbon dynasty restored.14 January 1875King Alfonso XII's arrival.
Reign of Alfonso XIII Image PersonalCoat of Arms Name Regency start Regency end 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 AustriaDeath of King Alfonso XII.26 November 188517 May 1902King Alfonso XIII's majority.
Dictatorship of Francisco Franco Image Personal coat of arms Name Regency start Regency end National interregnum under the Francoist regime.Francisco Franco, Caudillo of Spain26 July 1947Restoration of the "Kingdom of Spain"20 November 1975DiedAlejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel20 November 1975As President of the Regency Council after Franco's death.22 November 1975Juan Carlos became monarch.
Acting regents Image Name Regency start Regency end during Francisco Franco's visit to Portugal. Esteban de Bilbao Eguía Leopoldo Eijo y Garay Miguel Ponte y Manso de ZúñigaBOE 21 october 1949 22 October 194927 October 1949 Image PersonalCoat of arms Name Regency start Regency end during Francisco Franco's illness.Juan Carlos, Prince of Spain19 July 19742 September 197430 October 197520 November 1975Death of Francisco Franco.
See also Regency List of regents List of heads of state of Spain List of Spanish monarchs President of Spain Royal Consorts of Spain Prime Minister of Spain Spanish monarchy Kings of Spain family tree
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