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.{{NoteTag|The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term as "A person appointed to administer a State because the Monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated."}}
Reign of [[Joanna of Castile|Joanna, Queen of Castile and Aragon]]
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Crown of Castile: |align="center"|26 November 1504 |align="center"|27 June 1506 |
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Crown of Castile: |align="center"|17 August 1507 |align="center"|23 January 1516 |
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|align="center"|100px |align="center"|Crown of Castile: |align="center"|23 January 1516 |align="center"|19 September 1517 |
align="center"|120px 60px |align="center"|Crown of Aragon: |align="center"|23 January 1516 |align="center"|29 July 1518 |
Reign of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles I]]
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colspan=4 | {{resize|125%|Regencies (Governor of the Realms)}} during Charles I's absences.{{Cite book|last=Pernot|first=François|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odHPDNRj56cC&pg=PA32|title=La Franche-Comté espagnole: à travers les archives de Simancas, une autre histoire des Franc-Comtois et de leurs relations avec l'Espagne de 1493 à 1678|date=2003|publisher=Presses Univ. Franche-Comté|isbn=978-2-84867-032-4|language=fr}} |
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|align="center"|100px |align="center"|Cardinal Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens |align="center"|May 1520 |align="center"|July 1522 |
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Empress Isabella |align="center"|July 1529 |align="center"|April 1533 |
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Empress Isabella |align="center"|April 1535 |align="center"|December 1536 |
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Empress Isabella |align="center"|July 1538 |align="center"|November 1539 |
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Prince Philip{{Cite web|title=Carlos V - Carlos de Gante - Los viajes del emperador|url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib/historia/CarlosV/1539.shtml|access-date=2022-12-31|website=www.cervantesvirtual.com}} |align="center"|1539 |align="center"|November 1541 |
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Prince Philip |align="center"|May 1543 |align="center"|1548 |
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Prince Philip |align="center"|12 July 1551 |align="center"|July 1554 |
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Joanna of Austria, Princess Dowager of Portugal |align="center"|July 1554 |align="center"|8 September 1559 |
Reign of [[Philip III of Spain|Philip III]]
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colspan=4 | {{resize|125%|Regency (Governor of the Realms)}} as President of the Council of Castile during King Philip III's visit to Portugal. |
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|align="center"|{{ill|Fernando de Acevedo|es|Fernando de Acevedo}} |align="center"|22 April 1619 |align="center"|4 December 1619 |
Reign of [[Charles II of Spain|Charles II]]
Reign of [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]]
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|align="center"|1 November 1700 |align="center"|18 February 1701 |
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colspan=4 | {{resize|125%|Regency (General Governor of the Realms)}} during King Philip V's absence. |
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|align="center"|115px |align="center"|Cardinal Luis Fernández de Portocarrero |align="center"|1 September 1701[http://www.boe.es/datos/imagenes/BOE/1701/035/A00140.tif Gaceta de Madrid, 6 de septiembre de 1701] {{in lang|es}}. |align="center"|17 January 1703[http://www.boe.es/datos/imagenes/BOE/1703/004/A00015.tif Gaceta de Madrid, 23 de enero de 1703] {{in lang|es}} |
Reign of [[Charles III of Spain|Charles III]]
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colspan=4 | {{resize|125%|Queen Regent}} during King Charles III's absence. |
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|align="center"|90px |align="center"|Elisabeth Farnese |align="center"|10 August 1759 |align="center"|9 December 1759 |
First Reign of [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]]
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colspan=4 | {{resize|125%|Supreme Board of Government}}, French invasion (King Ferdinand VII's absence). President: |
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|align="center"|100px |align="center"|Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain |align="center"|10 April 1808 |align="center"|4 May 1808 |
French Invasion and Reign of [[Joseph Bonaparte]]
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|align="center"|100px |align="center"|Joachim Murat |align="center"|4 May 1808[http://www.boe.es/datos/imagenes/BOE/1808/046/A00457.tif Gaceta de Madrid, 13 de mayo 1808] {{in lang|es}} |align="center"|20 July 1808 |
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Jean-de-Dieu Soult |align="center"|1 July 1813 |align="center"|11 December 1813 |
Second Reign of Ferdinand VII
= [[Peninsular War]] =
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca | align="center"| | align="center"| |
align="center"| 1 October 1808
| align="center"| 30 December 1808 |
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán, 15th Marquis of Astorga | align="center"| | align="center"| |
align="center"| 1 May 1809 | align="center"| |
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|align="center"|Juan Acisclo de Vera |align="center"|1 November 1809 |align="center"|31 January 1810 |
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|align="center"|Francisco Javier Castaños |align="center"|1 February 1810 |align="center"|29 May 1810 |
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|align="center"|Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano |align="center"|29 May 1810 |align="center"|26 September 1810 |
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|align="center"|Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis |align="center"|27 September 1810 |align="center"|28 October 1810 |
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|align="center"|Pedro Agar y Bustillo |align="center"|28 October 1810 |align="center"|8 December 1810 |
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|align="center"|Joaquín Blake y Joyes |align="center"|8 December 1810 |align="center"|8 April 1811 |
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|align="center"|Pedro Agar y Bustillo |align="center"|8 April 1811 |align="center"|8 August 1811 |
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|align="center"|Gabriel de Císcar y Císcar |align="center"|8 August de 1811 |align="center"|8 December de 1811 |
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|align="center"|Pedro Agar y Bustillo |align="center"|8 December 1811 |align="center"|22 January 1812 |
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|align="center"|Joaquín de Mosquera y Figueroa |align="center"|22 January 1812 |align="center"|15 June 1812 |
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|align="center"|Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado |align="center"|15 June 1812 |align="center"|15 December 1812 |
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|align="center"|Juan María de Villavicencio |align="center"|15 December 1812 |align="center"|8 March 1813 |
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón | align="center"| | align="center"| |
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| align="center"| 10 May 1814 |
= [[Trienio Liberal|Liberal Triennium]] and [[Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis|Hundred Thousand Sons of St. Louis]] Intervention =
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bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan=4 |{{resize|125%| Regencies}} during the Hundred Thousand Sons of St. Louis Intervention. |
colspan=4 |{{resize|125%| Enshrined in the Cortes (Spanish Parliament)}} |
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|align="center"|Cayetano Valdés y Flores |align="center"|11 June 1823 |align="center"|15 June 1823 |
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colspan=4 | {{resize|125%|Provisional Government Board of Spain and the Indies}}. President: |
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|align="center"|Francisco de Eguía |align="center"|9 April 1823 |align="center"|25 May 1823 |
colspan=4 | {{resize|125%|Regency Council of the Realm during King's Captivity}}. President: |
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|align="center"|Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado |align="center"|25 May 1823 |align="center"|1 October 1823 |
Reign of [[Isabella II of Spain|Isabella II]]
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies |align="center"|29 September 1833 |align="center"|12 October 1840 |
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|align="center"|100px |align="center"|Baldomero Espartero |align="center"|12 October 1840 |align="center"|10 May 1841 |
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|align="center"|100px |align="center"|Baldomero Espartero |align="center"|10 May 1841 |align="center"|23 July 1843 |
Interregnum and Reign of [[Amadeo I of Spain|Amadeo]]
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|Francisco Serrano y Domínguez |align="center"|(President of the Provisional Government) |align="center"|25 February 1869 |
align="center"|(President of the Executive Power) 25 February 1869 |align="center"|18 June 1869 |
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 80px |align="center"|Francisco Serrano y Domínguez |align="center"|18 June 1869 |align="center"|2 January 1871 |
Reign of [[Alfonso XII of Spain|Alfonso XII]]
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colspan=4 | {{resize|125%|Regency Ministry}} during King Alfonso XII's absence. President: |
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|align="center"|80px |align="center"|Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |align="center"|31 December 1874 |align="center"|14 January 1875 |
Reign of [[Alfonso XIII of Spain|Alfonso XIII]]
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colspan=5 | {{resize|125%|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). |
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|align="center"|70px |align="center"|Maria Christina of Austria |align="center"|26 November 1885 |align="center"|17 May 1902 |
[[Dictatorship of Francisco Franco]]
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colspan=5 | National interregnum under the Francoist regime. |
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|align="center"|100px |align="center"|Francisco Franco, Caudillo of Spain |align="center"|26 July 1947 |align="center"|20 November 1975 |
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|align="center"|75px |align="center"|Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel |align="center"|20 November 1975 |align="center"|22 November 1975 |
=Acting regents=
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|align="center"|22 October 1949 |align="center"|27 October 1949 |
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colspan=5 | {{resize|125%|Acting Head of State}} during Francisco Franco's illness. |
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|90px |align="center" rowspan="2"|Juan Carlos, Prince of Spain |align="center"| |align="center"| |
align="center"|30 October 1975
|align="center"|20 November 1975 |
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