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However, it is only during the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939) that the official title of President of Spain (or President of the Republic) existed. Today, Spain is a constitutional monarchy, and there is thus no person holding the title of President of Spain. However, the prime minister holds the official title of President of the ...
On 1 October 1936, General Francisco Franco was proclaimed "Leader of Spain" (Spanish: Caudillo de España) in the parts of Spain controlled by the Nationalists (nacionales) after the Spanish Civil War broke out. At the end of the war, on 1 April 1939, Franco took control of the whole of Spain, ending the Second Republic.
1672 was a leap year ... October 2 – Manuel de Cendoya, Spain's Governor of Florida, ... English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592) February 28.
Charles II [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) [b] 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.
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.
Habsburg Spain [c] refers to Spain and ... who was named president of the council, to give advice. ... (1667–1668), the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678), and the War ...
Recognition of the Duke of Anjou as King of Spain, under the name of Philip V, November 16, 1700. Charles II died in 1700, and having no direct heir, was succeeded by his great-nephew Philip, Duke of Anjou, a French prince. The War of the Spanish Succession (1700–1714) pitted proponents of the Bourbon succession against those for the Hapsburg.
Absent between 1672 and 1676. [2] [11] 1687 1696 Luis Francisco de la Cerda, 9th Duke of Medinaceli [2] 1696 1698 Luis Moscoso Ossorio, Count of Altamira [2] 1699 1709 Juan Francisco Pacheco Téllez-Girón, Duke of Uceda 1708 1714 Hercule-Louis Turinetti: Represented the Austrian Archduke Charles, which the Pope had recognized as King of Spain ...