Monarchs of Castile and Aragon
1504 - 1533: Ferdinand VI/III (House of Trastamara) [1]
1533 - 1555: Isabella II (House of Trastamara) [2]
1555 - 1592: Ferdinand VII/IV (House of Trastamara) [3]
1592 - 1613: Jorge I (House of Trastamara) [4]
1613 - 1621: Jorge II (House of Trastamara) [5]
Emperors of the Spanish Empire
1621 - 1672: Mari I (House of Wittelsbach)[/COLOR] [6]
1672 - 1695: Philip I "the Lion" (House of Wittelsbach) [7]
1695 - 1709: Isabella III "the Butterfly" (House of Wittelsbach) [8]
1709 - 1744: Philip II (House of Braganza) [9]
Emperors of the Iberian Empire
1743 - 1744: Philip II (House of Braganza) [9]
1744 - 1754: Isabella IV (House of Braganza) [10]
1754 - 1796: Jorge III (House of Buonaparte) [11]
1796 - 1815: Teodosio I/III(House of Buonaparte) [12]
1815 - 1834: Philip III (House of Buonaparte) [13]
1834 - 1866: Mari II (House of Buonaparte) [14]
1866 - 1869: Philip IV (House of Buonaparte) [15]
1869 - 1900: Ferdinand VIII/V (House of Buonaparte) [16]
1900- 1912: Joaquin I (House of Buonaparte) [17]
1912- 1928: Joaquin II (House of Buonaparte) [18]
1928 - 1930: Urraca I (House of Buonaparte) [19]
1930 - 1948: Mari III (House of Buonaparte) [20]
[1] Ferdinand VI and III was the only surviving son of Ferdinand and Isabella, while referred to as the 'first King of Spain' this title did not exist in his lifetime. Ferdinand seized the throne after his mother's death, driving his father into a monastery. He was forced to wage several wars in Italy to thwart French ambitions and formed an alliance with England, marrying his sister Joanna (known in English as 'Joan the Mad') to Henry VIII. This alliance would prove pivotal to the dismemberment of France as during the Wars of Blood, France would lose large portions of it's lands. Aquitaine, Gascony, and Normandy fell back into English hands while Provence, Toulouse, and France's ally Navarre became part of Ferdinand's Empire and France was forced to drop all claims to Naples. Ferdinand married twice and had seven children, five of whom survived to adulthood and it was his eldest daugher, Isabella who inherited the crown when Ferdinand died at age 50 of a heart tumor.
[2] Isabella was the eldest of Ferdinand's four daughters but she inherited her father's throne after her brother, Charles, declined. Inspired by the Reconquista, Isabella had a vision of a Christian Spanish Empire spanning the Maghreb and the New World to the far west. Isabella invaded Morocco which was under the rule of the Wattasid Dynasty. This triggered the Mediterranean War between Spain and the Ottoman Empire which rushed to defend Muslim Morocco from the threat of Christianization. The Mediterranean War raged on at the time of Isabella's death and it was up to her heir, her cousin Ferdinand VII and IV to see the war to its conclusion.
[3] Ferdinand VII and IV proved to be an able monarch in a war period as he saw his country through the Mediterranean War with overall victory for the Spanish forces in 1562. He then ruled peacefully for the next thirty years and was succeeded by his eldest son, Jorge.
[4] Jorge was named after his maternal grandfather, Jorge de Lencastre (George of Portugal) and was married to Margherita Farnese, daughter of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Infanta Maria of Guimarães, and so was the great-granddaughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Empire.
Mostly famous for his empire, which included territories on every continent then known to Europeans, including his namesake The Georgian Islands. When he died in 1613, aged 57, his vast empire and throne was left to his grandson, Jorge II
[5] Jorge II was a grandson of Jorge I but his parentage was disputed by his Aunt Mari, who was certain that he was a bastard child and therefore not in line for the throne. This led to the Spanish Civil War (1615-1620). After a brutal five year war, Jorge II defeated his Aunt's forces east of Madrid and captured his Aunt. However Jorge II would die less than a year later and having no children and his closest male relative, his uncle Juan having died in the Civil War, his heir and closest living relative was his captive Aunt Mari, who inherited the throne of her nephew.
[6] After the death of Jorge, whose body was buried in a Pauper's grave, Mari, pardoned all noblemen, who were loyal to her and punished those, who supported Jorge, known as the Georgian Purge.
She is the first monarch to fully take the title "Empress of Spain" matching her stature to that of her cousin, Emperor Charles IX of Holy Roman Empire.
During her reign, settler's began to settle in their hundreds in the New World, with the new colony of Marico, being named in honour of her. She ridged the Papal conclave, 1623, allowing, her youngest son, at twenty-three year old, to became, Pope Mark I. At the time of her death from a stroke in 1672 at the age of 87, the Spanish Empire had reached approximately 15 million square kilometres in area, she was succeeded by her eldest son, Philip the Lion.
[7] Philip the Lion was not a young man when he came to the throne. Already in his sixties, Philip was a seasoned politician, attending the court of his mother from a young age. Philip governed Spanish Morocco from the age of thirty, where he earned his popular monicker of "the Lion". Upon ascending the throne of Spain, Philip did not seek to expand the empire but rather invest more men and money into Spain's already large colonies. Thus he was also know as Philip the Builder in other parts of the Spanish Empire. Being older brother of the pope, Philip had considerable power over the Catholic Church and used his influence to initiate the Land Acts of 1690 where the Papal States ceded the islands of Sardinia, Corsica and Sicily to the Spanish crown. Philip was succeeded by his eldest daughter Isabella, upon his death.
[8] Isabella, was a beautiful woman, even at the age of fifty-seven, when she took the throne. Nicknamed for her grace and beauty, she had stayed single to help care for her father and sisters, after the death of their mother. After fourteen years on the throne, ruling peacefully and becoming a patron for the arts, charities and feminism, Isabella, abdicated when her elder sister's, son, Prince Philip, came to the age of eighteen.
[9] Philip was son of Maria Braganza, sister of Queen Isabella, who married into a noble Portuguese family. As such, Philip took his father's family name. By the time Philip ascended the throne he was already in line to rule Portugal and her colonies. Philip envisioned a massive empire, the most powerful the world had known after uniting Spain and Portugal. Once Philip became King of Portugal, much of his reign was spent laying the groundwork for unification between the two empires. His dream was finally realized a year before his death, and his successor his daughter, Isabella IV would come to rule the most powerful state on Earth.
[10] Isabella IV, daughter of Philip would rule just 10 short years over a peaceful rule. Nothing of note happened during the reign and she was succeeded by her son Jorge.
[11] Jorge, was the only son of Isabella IV and Giorgio Buonaparte, who in turn was the youngest son of Sebastiano Nicola Buonaparte, Duke of Ajaccio, from the Spanish isle of Corsica. Unlike his mother's reign, Jorge's forty two years of rule, was anything but peaceful. After marring Princess Jane Stuart, of Great Britain, the two nations fought with France, who declared war of them due to their alliance. The war, would go on for almost, thirty-seven years, before France, due to bankruptcy, calls for a cease fire.
Within a year of the peace, France was swallowed up in an almighty revolution with a young Tuscan general, Domenico Puccini, declaring himself, President of Français Unis Communautaire (FUC) and would declare war of Spain, to "liberate" their "fellow" people. Jorge would again crush the French invaders, however would only live, six months of the peace before dying.
[12] Teodosio came to power on a dubious claim to Giorgio Bounaparte. It did help that he had nearly all of the Portuguese nobility supporting his claim. He assumed the regal numbering of Teodosio III to honor his Portuguese ancestors in the regal line and Teodosio I to the royal position in the Empire. During his reign, a good part of the realm's power was given over to Portugal and allowing that culture to prosper. He attempted and managed to win over a good portion of the France to be under "Spanish advisement". This resulted in antagonizing Great Britain and the German States. He made his son, Phillip the heir. The Colonial Wars broke out in his reign, followed by the Coup of the (Spanish) Generals, and Teodosio was shot in battle.
[13] Philip III was left in political turmoil after the Coup of the Spanish Generals failed to overthrow his father's monarchy. The Colonial Wars expanded when royalist troops from Brazil attacked the French colony of Guyana. From there British Central America launched an intervention of in Mexico. In the end, the war ended with Brazil spilt between the royalist south and the republican north. The north gained independence along with other colonies such as Peru and Argentina. However, Argentina descended into civil war as the country split between those who wished to join the new Iberian Commonwealth and those loyal to the Buenos Republican government. Eventually, Iberian troops were sent to intervene in the civil war in 1820, who managed to overthrow the Republic and Argentina became a dominion of the Iberian Commonwealth. At the time of his death in 1834, Philip's full title was: His Imperial Grace and Highness, by the Grace of God, Philip III, Emperor of Iberia and the Commonwealth, King of all Spains and Portugal, King of Castile, of Aragon, of Galicia, of Leon, of Valencia, of High Navarra, of Andalucía and of Granada, Grand Duke of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and Morocco, Duke of Aragon, Portucale, Salamanca, Bragança, Navarra, Malta, Tunisia and Barcelona, Count of Minorca and Majorca, Roussillon, Santiago and Lisboa, Commonwealth King of the Argentine and Brazil, Princely Sovereign of the East and West Indies, Lord Protector of the Philippines, Guam and the Northern Marianas, Greater Mexico and California and Grand Marshal of the Pyrenees. He was succeeded by his sister, Maria.
[14] Maria, who took the regal name Mari II, ascended the throne during a great time of stability. During her time on the throne, the Iberian Empire succesfully managed to fully stabilize its institutions after the failed coup that took place during her father's reign. The Iberian Empire fought no wars during her reign and the period was so peaceful for the empire, historians would dub it the "Pax Iberia." She was succeeded by her son, Prince Philip.
[15] King Philip IV had hundreds of ideas for reforms in education, social welfare and health but sadly he died of cancer before any of his plans could be implemented.
[16] Ferdinand, son of Philip IV and Lisa Savoy, was a courteous and charismatic young man. The sweetheart of the Italian courts, Ferdinand was immensely popular among European royalty during the latter half of the 19th century. As such he was offered many marriage proposals (including Princess Anne of Great Britain and Ireland, Tsarina Anna IV of Russia and Princess Katrina of Sweden) but Ferdinand turned them all down. Ferdinand ruled over a period of great social change during the Iberian Empire. The Iberian Parliament pushed for a constitutional monarchy where Ferdinand's power would be weakened and nationalist movements began to arise in parts of the empire. Ferdinand died unmarried and was succeeded by his cousin Joaquin.
[17] Joaquin inherited the throne. The realm underwent many troubles due to separatist/nationalist movements battling for control in the Iberian Parliament. Although Joaquin did rule with a fair hand, allowed for a diminishing of his power by the Parliament, his generosity was met with a constant political infighting between the two political factions, and Joaquin found himself intervening in order to keep the peace. He married a Russian countess and appointed his nephew, Joaquin II, as heir. Joaquin attempted to defend the realm when the Great Colonial Wars broke out, which then led to the American Wars. He died while visiting his Brazilian/Argentinian realms of suspicious means.
[18]Joaquin II had to face the increasing breakdown in international relations shortly after his father's suspicious death in Nueva Sevilla, Argentina, in October, 1912. Just two months later, on Christmas Eve, a major firefight broke out between Mexican troops, and those of the majority Anglo Anti-Colonial nation of the Confederation of California(which had broken away from Spain's control in 1857), near the the town of Santa Luisa, Sonora, in the north of Mexico. Many hoped that the war would stop there, but two days later, the small town of Monte Carlo was raided and ransacked by the Mexicans; Iberia declared war on California that same day, while the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of Northern Mariana, Oregonia, and the Confederation of Kanata would declare to be on California's side; by December 30th, the First American War was in full swing. The Spanish had hoped for a quick victory, but by early 1915, it was clear that they were going to lose, and lose badly; in February 1916, the last Iberian-Mexican forces surrendered to the Californians at the Gran Canon in Pimeria. Shortly there after, Mexico was thrown into revolution, and the primarily ethnically Portuguese portions of Brazil; by 1919, only Argentina, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico remained loyal to Iberia. Joaquin II spent the rest of his reign watching as the other European powers(except for their erstwhile French & Italian allies, and the Germans, who had no interest in the area) vied to expand their influence over Spain's former colonies, versus the Republican powers. Joaquin II committed suicide in October, 1928, and his niece, Urraca took over, trying to keep a hold on what little Iberia still had left of it's colonies, and international prestige. But even then, Iberia itself would eventually face increasing amounts of separatist sentiment.....from the Portuguese.....the next couple of decades would be trying times for Iberia, indeed.
[19] Uracca inherited the throne, anointed her younger sister, Mari III, as her co-monarch. Perhaps she had foresight for she attempted to retain control over Portugal through diplomacy and got shot.
[20] Mari III resided over an Iberia increasingly divided by political strife; although a much-loved queen, she found herself mostly powerless to stop the country's descent into turmoil; when Portugal gained it's independence in late 1939, with help from Britain(King Caradoc II was, at this time, married to a rebellious Braganza princess with a major nationalist streak.), the final trigger was pulled; within only two years, the Second American War and the Trans-Pacific conflict with Japan would devolve into the Global War; Iberia found itself on the side of the Entente, with Italy, Greece, Croatia, the German Union, Belgium, Russia, Japan, Persia, Bharatia, and Mexico(ironically!), whereas Portugal found themselves siding with the Allied Powers of Britain, France, Serbia, North Mariana, Nova Scotia[OTL's New England + the Maritimes], Kanata, the Turkish Republic, Oceania, China, and later on, California(after Japan attacked their Hawaii'an protectorate along with Kanatan Alaska).....and the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Oregonia, who simply went along for the ride.
The war was a terrible mess on both sides, and both suffered horrendous losses; Iberia would ultimately end up on the losing side, and the country pulled out of the war in December 1944.....but then, not long afterwards, the country would suffer one last blow-Prussian bombers stationed in France launched a sneak attack on the Thursday after Christmas, devastating Barcelona and several other major cities with explosives. After the hostilities ceased in early 1946, the British and the now liberated Poland, as well as the German Confederation, took care of the "Prussian problem"-Kaiser Wilhelm III would die during a November bombing raid on Berlin-and only then, could the peace process finally begin in Europe, which it did, in February 1947.
Following the Global War, Galicia and Andalucia would officially break away from Iberia in late 1948, after voting for independence a year earlier, leaving Mari III to abdicate, her heart broken from her failed attempt to keep her country out of the fighting, and keeping it together. Her niece, Teresa, took over Andalucia(and the Canaries with them!) soon after, as it's queen, and Galicia became a republic.....
OOC post-By the way, I had trouble deciding whether or not the rest of Iberia should also remain a monarchy as Andalucia did.....should it stay a monarchy, or should it become a republic? My idea was, if they do stay a monarchy, they keep the Balearic Islands, but if not, those islands may go to Andalucia instead.
Edit: Since we've split up Spain, I'll go ahead and put up this splinter list as well, as part of this same TL:
Monarchs of Andalucia.
1948-1988: Teresa I (House of Buonaparte)[1]
1988-present day: Teresa II (House of Buonaparte)[2]
[1]The daughter of Elena, one of the younger sisters of Mari III, Teresa's reign was a checkered one: the first 8 years of her reign were marked by a period of tight control over the new society, as the new country struggled to hold together(although she was not particularly harsh.). During that time, she also personally inaugurated a radical reorganization of society, not seen anywhere since Ireland had broken free of Britain's control in 1896-one of the stranger features of this new order, was that, at least early on, school children, particularly older children, were subject to a rather noticeable amount of propaganda, including such ideas that the Visigoths were "usurpers" of the "true Spain", and that the rise of Prussia was part of a complex anti-Latin conspiracy, etc., but this was rather toned down by the early 1970s.
But, on the light side, there were actually many positives to Teresa's long reign; under her guidance, many economic and sociopolitical reforms would become reality, such as equal pay for women, free public colleges, etc., by the end of the 1970s. Although many became nervous during the Eighties, as detente between the Russians and the Western Alliance broke down, the Queen became a symbol of world peace, and things calmed down by the end of the decade.
Teresa was also regarded as one of the most beautiful women in all of Europe, even being featured in a certain Californian men's magazine's(think of Playboy) August 1948 and October 1956 issues, and remained a symbol of beauty well into her sixties and seventies.
Upon her abdication on December 28, 1988, her eldest daughter, Teresa, now happily married to a Swiss count, Albert de Molay, would take the throne. Teresa herself would pass away in February 1997, at the age of 79, dearly mourned by many.
[2]Teresa II took measures to further democratize Andulacia, and by the year 2000 was just a figurehead. However, she remains as the face of her nation, commanding respect not just through her position, but also through the numerous works of charity she has undertaken. The future looks bright for the Andulacian monarchy.
