Spanish monarchy
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The Spanish Monarchy (Spanish: Monarquía española) is the parliamentary monarchy of Spain. The King or Queen regnant of Spain (Rey de España or Reina de España) is the Head of state and the Commander-in-chief of the Royal Armed Forces. The Monarch's power is mainly symbolic, because all royal acts must be countersigned by either the Prime Minister of Spain or the President of the Congress of Deputies to be valid. The current King is Juan Carlos I, who is styled as "His Majesty." The monarchy is established in Title II, articles 56 to 65 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 (in which it is referred to as the Crown of Spain, corona de España). The constitutional title of the monarch is simply "king of Spain." A much longer titulary which contains a list of over 20 kingdoms etc, is not in state use, nor is it used in Spanish diplomacy, but is officially recognized in Article 56 of the Spanish Constitution.[1]
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The official residence of the Spanish monarch is the Royal Palace of Madrid (Palacio Real de Madrid). However, the royal family actually resides at the Palacio de la Zarzuela on the outskirts of Madrid.
The heir apparent to the Spanish monarchy receives the titles Prince of Asturias, Prince of Gerona, and Prince of Viana, Asturias being on behalf of Kingdom of Castile, Gerona on behalf of Kingdom of Aragon, and Viana, a disputed title, on behalf of Kingdom of Navarre. The current heir apparent of Spain is Prince Felipe.
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[edit] Full Titulary
The full titulary of the kings of Spain, although not in active use, is as follows:
- King of Spain, King of Castile, of León, of Aragón, of the Two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, of Navarre, of Granada, of Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, of Sardinia, of Córdoba, of Corsica, of Murcia, of Jaén, of the Algarves, of Algeciras, of Gibraltar, of the Canary Islands, of the East and West Indies, of the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea; Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, of Brabant, of Milan, of Athens and Neopatras; Count of Habsburg, of Flanders, of Tyrol, of Roussillon, and of Barcelona; Lord of Vizcaya and of Molina; Captain-General and Supreme Head of the Royal Armed Forces; Sovereign Grand-Master of the Order of the Golden Fleece and of the orders awarded by the Spanish state.
These titles are not officially designated in the 1978 constitution, but the constitution notes that the title of the King is King of Spain and further grants the right to use "the others pertaining to the Crown" (los demás que correspondan a la Corona). The list provided above is of the titles used by Alfonso XIII, which, by this provision of the constitution, the King is entitled to use.[2]
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