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Felipe VI (Spanish: [feˈlipe ˈseɣsto]; [c] Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain.In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces, holding the military rank of captain general, [3] [4] and also plays the role of the supreme representation of ...
Viguera. Visigoths. This is a list of monarchs of Spain, a dominion started with the dynastic union of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain — Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. The regnal numbers follow those of the rulers of Asturias, León, and Castile. Thus, Alfonso XII is numbered in succession to Alfonso XI of Castile.
Signature. Amadeo I (Italian: Amedeo Ferdinando Maria di Savoia; 30 May 1845 – 18 January 1890), also known as Amadeus, was an Italian prince who reigned as King of Spain from 1870 to 1873. The only king of Spain to come from the House of Savoy, he was the second son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and was known for most of his life as the ...
During the second restoration, King Alfonso XII started to use "constitutional king of Spain, by divine and constitutional grace". Juan Carlos I, King from 1975 to 2014, did not use the style of Catholic Majesty and the other titles and honours, but did not relinquish them. [4] Like his father, King Felipe VI uses the simple title of "King of ...
Catholic Church. Signature. Charles III (Spanish: Carlos Sebastián de Borbón y Farnesio; [a] 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); King of Naples, as Charles VII; and King of Sicily, as Charles III (1735–1759).
Infanta Sofía is the younger daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. She was born on 29 April 2007. [10] King Juan Carlos I is the former king of Spain, reigning from 1975 to 2014. He was born on 5 January 1938 as the eldest son and second child of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and Princess María de las Mercedes, Countess of Barcelona.
The monarchy of Spain or Spanish monarchy (Spanish: Monarquía Española) is the constitutional form of government of Spain. It consists of a hereditary monarch who reigns as the head of state, being the highest office of the country. [1] The current King is Felipe VI since 19 June 2014, after the abdication of his father, King Juan Carlos I.
Charles II of Spain[a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700), also known as El Hechizado, or the Bewitched, was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg which had ruled Spain since 1516, he died without children, leading to a European conflict over his successor. Charles became king at the age of four, but ...