RULERS AND STATESMEN OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL - Spain and Portugal: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present - page 449

Name Took Office

Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil July 1, 1976

Adolfo Suárez González July 3, 1976

Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Bustelo February 25, 1981

Felipe González Márquez December 1, 1982

José María Aznar López May 4, 1996

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero April 17, 2004

Rulers of Portugal
House of Aviz
John I, 1385-1433.
Edward I, 1433-38. Son of the preceding.
Afonso V, 1438-81. Son of the preceding.
John II, 1481-95. Son of the preceding.
Manuel I, 1495-1521. Cousin of the preceding.
John III, 1521-57. Son of the preceding.
Sebastian I, 1557-78. Grandson of the preceding.
Henrique I, 1578-80. Great-uncle of the preceding.
Spanish Rule
Philip I (II of Spain), 1580-98.
Philip II (III of Spain), 1598-1621. Son of the preceding.
Philip III (IV of Spain), 1621-40. Son of the preceding.
House of Bragança
John IV, 1640-56.
Afonso VI, 1656-67. Son of the preceding.
Peter II, 1667-1706. Brother of the preceding; ruled as regent until 1683.
John V, 1706-50. Son of the preceding.
Joseph I, 1750-77. Son of the preceding.
Peter III, 1777-86. Brother of the preceding; joint reign with Maria I.
Maria I, 1777-1816. Daughter of Joseph I; joint reign with Peter III until his death.
John VI, 1816-26. Son of the preceding; ruled as regent since 1792.
Peter IV, 1826. Son of the preceding.
Maria II, 1826-28. Daughter of the preceding.
Miguel, 1828-34. Brother of Peter IV; ruled as regent from 1827 then usurped the throne.
Maria II, 1834-53. Restored to the throne.
Peter V, 1853-61. Son of the preceding; under the regency of his father until 1855.
Louis I, 1861-89. Brother of the preceding.
Charles I, 1889-1908. Son of the preceding.
Manuel II, 1908-10. Son of the preceding.