Rulers of Spain since 1474 (including dates of reign) |
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| Union of Castile and Aragón | |
| Isabella I (of Castile), ruled jointly with Ferdinand II (of Aragón), 1474–1504
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| Ferdinand II, ruled jointly with Isabella I as Ferdinand V of Castile, 1474–1504; ruled Aragón only, 1504–16; ruled Castile as regent, 1506–16
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| Hapsburg Dynasty | |
| Joanna (the Mad), daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella; ruled Castile only (jointly with Philip I in 1506), 1504–6
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| Philip I (the Handsome), son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I; ruled Castile jointly with Joanna, 1506
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| Charles I (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V), son of Joanna and Philip, 1516–56
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| Philip II, son of Charles I, 1556–98
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| Philip III, son of Philip II, 1598–1621
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| Philip IV, son of Philip III, 1621–65
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| Charles II, son of Philip IV, 1665–1700
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| Bourbon Dynasty | |
| Philip V, great-grandson of Philip IV, 1700–1746
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| Ferdinand VI, son of Philip V, 1746–59
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| Charles III, younger son of Philip V, 1759–88
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| Charles IV, second son of Charles III, 1788–1808
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| Ferdinand VII, son of Charles IV, 1808
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| French Intrusion | |
| Joseph Bonaparte, 1808–13
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| Bourbon Restoration | |
| Ferdinand VII, restored, 1813–33
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| Isabella II, daughter of Ferdinand VII, 1833–68
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| Elective Monarchy | |
| Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, regent, 1869–70
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| Amadeus, elected by a constituent assembly, 1870–73
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| First Republic | |
| Estanislao Figueras, president, 1873
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| Francisco Pi y Margall, president, 1873
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| Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, president, 1873
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| Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, prime minister, 1873–74
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| Bourbon Restoration | |
| Alfonso XII, son of Isabella II, 1874–85
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| Alfonso XIII, son of Alfonso XII, 1886–1931
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| Second Republic | |
| Niceta Alcalá Zamora, president, 1931–36
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| Manuel Azaña, president, 1936–39
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| Nationalist Government | |
| Francisco Franco, chief of state, 1939–75
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| Constitutional Monarchy | |
| Juan Carlos I, grandson of Alfonso XIII, 1975–
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