Spanish crown
Madrid's royal house
The Spanish crown refers to the monarchy of Spain—the institution, authority, and territories ruled by Spanish kings and queens.
Historically, it encompasses the unified kingdoms under Ferdinand and Isabella and the vast colonial empire that followed: The Spanish crown claimed much of the Americas.
The term distinguishes royal authority from the Spanish state or people: lands belonging to the Spanish crown.
- Queen IsabellaSpanish sovereign, exploration sponsor
- Catholic MonarchsIberian royal couple's title
- royal courtMonarch's official household
- papal bullsFormal church edicts
- Caribbean coloniesOccupied tropical island territories
Philip II · conquistadors · colonial empire · New World · encomienda
- royal regaliaorb, scepter, diadem, tiara, signet ring
- Spanish coloniesviceroys, viceroyalties, viceroyalty, conquistadors, encomienda
- monarchiesmonarch, monarchy, kingdom, realm, sultanate
- Latin American IndependenceSimon Bolivar, independence movement, patriots, revolutionaries, liberators
- royal orderscommander, officer, grand master, insignia, investiture
Spanish crownEnglish throne
Seat of UK sovereignty
Ottoman Empire · Holy Roman Empire · Dutch Republic · Elizabethan England
Spanish crownpopular sovereignty
Populace holds ultimate authority
republican government · parliamentary democracy · constitutional republic · military junta
Spanish crownAztec Empire
Pre-conquest Mexican civilization
Inca Empire · indigenous peoples · Simón Bolívar · Native Americans · Maya civilization
Spanish, crown, Spain, Spaniard, crowns, crowned, crowning, coronation, corona