This is a list of Spanish regents, a regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state (ruling or not) because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. [note 1]
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regencies (Governor of the Realms), disability of Queen Joanna. | ||||
Crown of Castile: Ferdinand II of Aragon | 26 November 1504 Death of Queen Isabella the Catholic. | 27 June 1506 Queen Joanna and King Philip I's arrival. | ||
Crown of Castile: Ferdinand II of Aragon | 17 August 1507 Death of King Philip I of Castile in September 1506, followed by the recognition of the incapacity of Queen Joanna. | 23 January 1516 | ||
Crown of Castile: Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros | 23 January 1516 Death of King Ferdinand II. | 19 September 1517 King Charles I's arrival. | ||
| Crown of Aragon: Alonso de Aragón Queen's Guardian and Germaine of Foix Lieutenant General | 23 January 1516 Death of King Ferdinand II. | 29 July 1518 Charles I become co-monarch with his mother Queen Joanna. |
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regencies (Governor of the Realms) during Charles I's absences. [1] | ||||
Cardinal Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens | May 1520 | July 1522 King Charles I's arrival. | ||
Empress Isabella | July 1529 | April 1533 King Charles I's arrival. | ||
Empress Isabella | April 1535 | December 1536 King Charles I's arrival. | ||
Empress Isabella | July 1538 | November 1539 | ||
Prince Philip [2] | 1539 Death of Empress Isabella. | November 1541 King Charles I's arrival. | ||
Prince Philip | May 1543 | 1548 | ||
| | Archduke Maximilian [3] and Maria of Austria | 1 October 1548 Charles I and Prince Philip's absences. | 12 July 1551 Prince Philip's arrival. |
Prince Philip | 12 July 1551 | July 1554 | ||
Joanna of Austria, Princess Dowager of Portugal | July 1554 Charles I and Prince Philip's absences. | 8 September 1559 King Philip II's arrival. (Became monarch in 1556) | ||
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regency (Governor of the Realms) as President of the Council of Castile during King Philip III's visit to Portugal. | |||
Fernando de Acevedo | 22 April 1619 | 4 December 1619 | |
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Queen Regent during the minority of King Charles II. | ||||
Mariana of Austria | 17 September 1665 Death of King Philip IV. [4] | 6 November 1675 Charles II's majority. [5] | ||
Regency (Lieutenant General of the Realms) during King Charles II's illness. | ||||
Cardinal Luis Fernández de Portocarrero | 29 October 1700 [6] | 1 November 1700 Death of King Charles II. | ||
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Government Board of the Realms. | |||
| 1 November 1700 | 18 February 1701 King Philip V's arrival. | |
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regency (General Governor of the Realms) during King Philip V's absence. | ||||
Cardinal Luis Fernández de Portocarrero | 1 September 1701 [8] | 17 January 1703 [9] |
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Queen Regent during King Charles III's absence. | ||||
Elisabeth Farnese | 10 August 1759 Death of King Ferdinand VI. | 9 December 1759 King Charles III's arrival. | ||
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Supreme Board of Government, French invasion (King Ferdinand VII's absence). President: | ||||
Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain | 10 April 1808 | 4 May 1808 Infante Antonio Pascual's departure to Bayonne. | ||
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Lieutenant General of the Realm. | ||||
Joachim Murat | 4 May 1808 [10] | 20 July 1808 King Joseph's arrival. | ||
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Emperor's Lieutenant General in Spain. | ||||
Jean-de-Dieu Soult | 1 July 1813 King Joseph's departure. [11] | 11 December 1813 Treaty of Valençay | ||
Regencies at Peninsular War, against the French invaders. | |||
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Supreme Central and Governing Board of the Realm . Presidents: | |||
José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca (Acting) | 25 September 1808 | 1 October 1808 | |
1 October 1808 | 30 December 1808 | ||
Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán, 15th Marquis of Astorga (Acting) | 30 December 1808 | 1 May 1809 | |
1 May 1809 | 1 November 1809 | ||
Juan Acisclo de Vera | 1 November 1809 | 31 January 1810 | |
Regency Board of Spain and the Indies. Presidents: | |||
Francisco Javier Castaños | 1 February 1810 | 29 May 1810 | |
Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano | 29 May 1810 | 26 September 1810 | |
Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis | 27 September 1810 | 28 October 1810 | |
Pedro Agar y Bustillo | 28 October 1810 | 8 December 1810 | |
Joaquín Blake y Joyes | 8 December 1810 | 8 April 1811 | |
Pedro Agar y Bustillo | 8 April 1811 | 8 August 1811 | |
Gabriel de Císcar y Císcar | 8 August de 1811 | 8 December de 1811 | |
Pedro Agar y Bustillo | 8 December 1811 | 22 January 1812 | |
Regency Council of the Realm. Presidents: | |||
Joaquín de Mosquera y Figueroa | 22 January 1812 | 15 June 1812 | |
Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado | 15 June 1812 | 15 December 1812 | |
Juan María de Villavicencio | 15 December 1812 | 8 March 1813 | |
Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón (Acting) | 8 March 1813 | 22 March 1813 | |
22 March 1813 | 10 May 1814 King Ferdinand VII's arrival. | ||
Regencies during the Hundred Thousand Sons of St. Louis Intervention. | |||
Enshrined in the Cortes (Spanish Parliament) | |||
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Provisional Regency Council of the Realm. 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: | |||
Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado | 25 May 1823 | 1 October 1823 King Ferdinand VII's liberation. | |
Regencies during the minority of Queen Isabella II: | ||||
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Queen Regent | ||||
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies | 29 September 1833 Death of King Ferdinand VII. | 12 October 1840 Queen Regent's deposition. | ||
Provisional Regency of the Realm. President: | ||||
Baldomero Espartero | 12 October 1840 | 10 May 1841 | ||
Regent of the Realm | ||||
Baldomero Espartero | 10 May 1841 | 23 July 1843 General Espartero's deposition and Queen Isabella II's majority. | ||
Image | Name | Term start | Term end |
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Provisional Government and Executive Power. [note 2] President: | |||
Francisco Serrano y Domínguez | (President of the Provisional Government) 8 October 1868 Queen Isabella II's deposition. | 25 February 1869 | |
(President of the Executive Power) 25 February 1869 | 18 June 1869 | ||
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regent of the Realm | ||||
Francisco Serrano y Domínguez | 18 June 1869 | 2 January 1871 King Amadeo's arrival. | ||
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regency Ministry during King Alfonso XII's absence. President: | ||||
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | 31 December 1874 Bourbon dynasty restored. | 14 January 1875 King Alfonso XII's arrival. | ||
Image | Personal Coat of Arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Queen Regent after the death of Alfonso XII (who died while she was pregnant) and during the minority of King Alfonso XIII (who was born king). | ||||
Maria Christina of Austria Death of King Alfonso XII. | 26 November 1885 | 17 May 1902 King Alfonso XIII's majority. | ||
Image | Personal coat of arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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National interregnum under the Francoist regime. | ||||
Francisco Franco, Caudillo of Spain | 26 July 1947 Restoration of the "Kingdom of Spain" | 20 November 1975 Died | ||
Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel | 20 November 1975 As President of the Regency Council after Franco's death. | 22 November 1975 Juan Carlos became monarch. | ||
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end | |
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Regency Council during Francisco Franco's visit to Portugal. | ||||
22 October 1949 | 27 October 1949 | |||
Image | Personal Coat of arms | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Acting Head of State during Francisco Franco's illness. | ||||
Juan Carlos, Prince of Spain | 19 July 1974 | 2 September 1974 | ||
30 October 1975 | 20 November 1975 Death of Francisco Franco. | |||
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