National
King of Spain
- Spanish: Rey de España
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Inherited
- Exact method
- Constitution art. 57: the Crown is hereditary in the successors of Juan Carlos I de Borbon, by primogeniture with male preference within the same line and degree.
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Felipe VI since June 2014 Report Source: wikidata.org, checked
Sources
- boe.es · checked Boletin Oficial del Estado, Constitucion Espanola 1978 (consolidated text), read 2026-10-12: structure, selection rules and competences of the Crown, Government, Cortes, Senate, Constitutional Court and Supreme Court. Names in other languages from congreso.es, senado.es, lamoncloa.gob.es. Fallback: Spanish press for the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court presidents because tribunalconstitucional.es returned HTTP 403. For: King of Spain, King of Spain in Spanish
- wikidata.org · checked Wikidata Q191045, read 2026-10-12: Felipe VI accession 19 June 2014. Fallback: Wikidata, casareal.es not read. For: Felipe VI, current term