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e. The monarchy of Spain or Spanish monarchy ( Spanish: Monarquía Española) is the constitutional form of government of Spain. It consists of a hereditary monarch that reigns as the head of state, being the highest office of the country. [1] The current King is Felipe VI since 19 June 2014, after the abdication of his father, King Juan Carlos I .
The Spanish Empire became the foremost global power, dominating the oceans as well as European battlefields. Spain enjoyed a cultural golden age in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when silver and gold from American mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African wars.
Captaincies of the Spanish Empire. Captaincies ( Spanish: capitanías) were military and administrative divisions in colonial Spanish America and the Spanish East Indies, established in areas under risk of foreign invasion or Indian attack. They could consist of just one province, or group several together. These captaincies general should be ...
Spanish Netherlands ( Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande) (historically in Spanish: Flandes, the name "Flanders" was used as a pars pro toto [4]) was the Habsburg Netherlands ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556 to 1714.
Starting in the second half of the 17th century, the Spanish Empire began to suffer bankruptcies, and its military began to lose battles. In the 19th century, Spain lost its last major territories overseas in the Spanish-American War. The Spanish Empire, also known as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy was one of the largest empires ...
The flag of Spain consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow strip being twice as wide as each red stripe. 1939–present. Naval jack. A squared flag divided into four squares representing the four Kingdoms of Spain with navies in the Middle Ages: Castile (represented by a castle, top left), Leon (represented by a ...
Mar 31, 2024 · Media in category "Maps of the Spanish Empire". The following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total. 1967 data of Spain and Portugal.jpg 4,320 × 2,879; 2.86 MB. España y Portugal.png 1,500 × 770; 254 KB. Flag map of Spanish Empire.png 1,776 × 972; 158 KB.
