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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.
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 [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.
President: Cayetano Valdés y Flores: 11 June 1823 King Ferdinand VII prisoner of the Cortes. 15 June 1823 Enshrined in the French army: Image Name Regency start Regency end Provisional Government Board of Spain and the Indies. President: Francisco de Eguía: 9 April 1823 25 May 1823 Regency Council of the Realm during King's Captivity. President:
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.
Official portrait of Alfonso XII by Federico Madrazo shortly before the king's death in November 1885 (Museo del Prado, Madrid).. The reign of Alfonso XII of Spain began after the triumph of the Pronunciamiento de Sagunto of December 29, 1874, which put an end to the First Spanish Republic and ended with the death of King Alfonso on November 25, 1885, giving way to the Regency of his wife ...