Spanish Rulers

A monarchy ruled Spain until the 1920s when Alfonso XIII began to give up control to the military. This act ultimately led to his abdication and exile from Spain in 1931. A constitutional monarchy, with an elected parliament, was established in 1975.

Reign

Name

House of Habsburg
1516-1556	Charles I
1556-1598	Philip II
1598-1621	Philip III
1621-1665	Philip IV
1665-1700	Charles II
House of Bourbon
1700-1746	Philip V
1746-1759	Ferdinand VI
1759-1788	Charles III
1788-1808	Charles IV
1808	Ferdinand VII (deposed)
1808-1814	Joseph Napoleon ¹
1814-1833	Ferdinand VII (restored)
1833-1868	Isabella II
1868-1870	provisional government
1870-1873	Amadeo ² (abdicated)
1873-1874	first republic
1874-1885	Alfonso XII
1886-1931 ³	Alfonso XIII (deposed)
Military Rule
1923-1930 ³	General Miguel Primo de Rivera
1930-1936	second republic
1936-1939	civil war
1939-1975	General Francisco Franco
House of Bourbon (restored)
1975-	Juan Carlos I
1) House of Bonaparte 2) House of Savoy 3) Beginning in 1923 power was gradually relinquished to the military.

Appears in these articles:

Philip IV (of Spain, Naples, and Sicily); Amadeo; Ferdinand VI; Alfonso XII; Spain; Charles III (of Spain); Bonaparte, Joseph; Charles II (of Spain); Philip III (of Spain and Naples); Charles IV (of Spain); Philip V (of Spain); Ferdinand VII; Philip II (of Spain); Charles V (Holy Roman Empire); Isabella II

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