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RULERS AND STATESMEN OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
Rulers of Spain
Union of Castile and Aragon
Isabella I (of Castile), 1474-1504, ruled jointly with Ferdinand II (of Aragon).
Ferdinand II (of Aragon), 1474-1504, ruled jointly with Isabella I as Ferdinand V of Castile; 1504-16,
ruled Aragon; 1506-16, ruled Castile as regent.
House of Habsburg
Joanna (the Mad), 1504-06, ruled Castile only (jointly with Philip I in 1506). Daughter of Ferdinand
and Isabella.
Philip I (the Handsome), 1506, ruled Castile jointly with Joanna. Son of Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian I.
Charles I, 1516-56 (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, 1519-56), ruled a united Spain. Son of Joanna
and Philip I. (His grandfather Ferdinand V of Aragon exercised effective control of Spain until 1516).
Philip II, 1556-98. Son of the preceding. (Portugal was joined to the union in 1580.)
Philip III, 1598-1621. Son of the preceding.
Philip IV, 1621-65. Son of the preceding. (Portugal becomes independent in 1640.)
Charles II, 1665-1700. Son of the preceding.
House of Bourbon
Philip V, 1700-24. Great-nephew of the preceding; grandson of Louis XIV, hence first king of the
Spanish branch of the French house of Bourbon.
Louis I, 1724. Son of the preceding, who had abdicated.
Philip V, 1724-46. Resumes the throne upon the preceding's death.
Ferdinand VI, 1746-59. Son of the preceding.
Charles III, 1759-88. Brother of the preceding.
Charles IV, 1788-1808. Son of the preceding.
Ferdinand VII, 1808. Son of the preceding.
House of Bonaparte
Joseph I (Joseph Bonaparte), 1808-1813. Brother of Napoléon, who invades the Iberian Peninsula.
Bourbon Restoration
Ferdinand VII, 1813-33. Restored to the throne after the preceding is deposed.
Isabella II, 1833-68. Daughter of the preceding.
House of Savoy
Amadeo I, 1871-73. Prince of the Italian house of Savoy installed by Spanish military leaders three
years after the overthrow of the preceding.
First Republic
1873-73. Established after abdication of the preceding.
Bourbon Restoration
Alfonso XII, 1875-85. Son of Isabella II.
 
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