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List of Spanish regents
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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]
Reign of Joanna, Queen of Castile and Aragon
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. |
Reign of Charles I
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) |
Reign of Philip III
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 |
Reign of Charles II
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. |
Reign of Philip V
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Government Board of the Realms. | |||
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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] |
Reign of Charles III
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. |
First Reign of Ferdinand VII
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. |
French Invasion and Reign of Joseph Bonaparte
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 |
Second Reign of Ferdinand VII
Peninsular War
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. |