Spanish Monarchy

Spanish Monarchy posts cover the institution from the Catholic Kings of the late fifteenth century through the Habsburgs, the Bourbons and the present-day reign of Felipe VI. Articles look at the unification under Isabel and Fernando, Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor, the long decline through the seventeenth century, the War of Spanish Succession, the Bourbon restoration, the brief First Republic, the dictatorship and restoration under Juan Carlos in 1975 and the constitutional role of the monarchy after 1978. There are also notes on the line of succession and the question of female heirs.