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However, the constitution allows for the use of other historic titles pertaining to the Spanish monarchy, [1] without specifying them. A royal decree promulgated 6 November 1987 at the Council of Ministers regulates the titles further, and on that basis the monarch of Spain has a right to use ("may use") those other titles appertaining to the ...
Felipe VI of Spain : . Sovereign (19 June 2014) and Knight (3 May 1981) of the Order of the Golden Fleece [1] (1,182nd Knight)Grand Master (19 June 2014) and Knight of the Collar (24 January 1986) of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III [2]
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 ...
Coat of arms of the Spanish monarch. The titles and styles of the Royal Family are as follows: [2] The occupant of the throne is the King (Spanish: el Rey) or the Queen (Spanish: la Reina), together with other titles pertaining to the Crown or belonging to members of the royal family.
Heraldic representation of the coronet of a Spanish duke. This is a list of the 149 present and extant royal and non-royal dukes in the peerage of the Kingdom of Spain.. The oldest six titles – created between 1380 and 1476 – were Duke of Medina Sidonia (1380), Duke of Alburquerque (1464), Duke of Segorbe (1469), Duke of Alba (1472), Duke of Escalona (1472), and Duke of Infantado (1475).
Dame of the Royal Cavalry Armory of Zaragoza [10] Infanta Cristina of Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (14 October 1988) [11] Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (13 June 1983) [12] Iñaki Urdangarin, her husband: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sports Merit (30 November 2001) [13]
Grandees of Spain (Spanish: Grandes de España) are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important historical landed titles in Spain or its former colonies. Many such hereditary titles are held by heads of families, having been acquired via strategic marriages between landed families.
Royal monogram of Letizia as Queen of Spain. Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano has been the Queen of Spain since the accession of her husband, King Felipe VI, in 2014. She has received numerous titles, decorations, and honorary appointments as Princess of Asturias and as Queen of Spain.