Talk:Monarchy of Spain

History of the Spanish monarchy
If someone had the inclination, patience, and judgment, I would suggest fleshing out the History of the Spanish Monarchy in its own page. Much is necessarily glossed over in this section as there simply is not enough room (on the page as a whole) to give due weight to the subject. ♦Drachenfyre♦ · Talk 18:11, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Change in Succession Law
What's this proposed change in the law of succession? This would be a huge break from the hundred years of the tradition of the Castillian male-preference primogeniture... The current royal house is very prestigious, as it belongs to the Capetian dynasty, the oldest royal house in Europe... That would all change if a female succeeds to the throne... Emerson 07 (talk) 11:45, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Zapatero stated that it is his government's intention to amend the constitution for full and equal absolute primogeniture, where the first-born inherits the throne regardless of gender, and the oppositional People's Party agrees. Also, the king and Prince of Asturias seem to agree as well. The king already changed the default succession laws for noble titles from male preference primogeniture to absolute primogeniture. Whether or not this affects "the prestige" of the royal family is a matter of debate, I do not think it will matter to anyone really but the family members concerned. Any children of the future Queen Leonor may in fact chose to continue to use the  Borbon dynasty name, or not. Legally it is their personal choice. It’s a personal matter for them I suppose. ♦Drachenfyre♦ · Talk 04:45, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

head of military household
This section needs to edited for inacuracy. It states the the head of the military household does not advise the king on military affairs, this is not the case. He is the highest ranking officer in the royal household and as such advises the the king on any and all military matters that the king puts to him. He is also the main channel of communication between the King and the Defense Ministry, parliamentary acts,royal decrees and appointments relating to the military are presented for the king's consent by this officer. The Commander of the royal guard takes his orders from the head of the military household. --Marked4life (talk) 02:54, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 00:21, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

See Also section
There has been some controversy surrounding what to keep in the See Also section, apparently it's too long for some people, or has some articles that shouldn't be there.

Can we discuss it here?

My suggestions:
 * Monarch - Content of the article covered and article already linked, I say we drop it.❌
 * List of Spanish monarchs - It's probably the best list, and it's not linked in the article. I say wee keep it.✅
 * Monarchs of Spain family tree - Not as good as the other list and redundant. I say we drop it.❌
 * List of Spanish consorts - Better than the family tree, content not included in either, we could keep it but whatever.
 * List of titles and honours of the Spanish Crown - Content of the article covered and article already linked. I say we drop it.❌
 * Line of succession to the Spanish throne - Content of the article covered and article already linked. I say we drop it.❌
 * Politics of Spain - Content of the article covered and article already linked. I say we drop it.❌
 * Abolition of monarchy - Spoken about in the article, not linked, very relevant since it has happened already twice and it's a very debated subject nowadays. Should be kept.
 * Carlism - Very important subject in the history of the spanish monarchy not covered by the article or linked on it. Should be kept.✅

Please don't edit the section anymore and discuss it here first, let's try to listen to each other and reach a consensus. --Metalpotato - &#9993; 12:18, 30 March 2022 (UTC)


 * In general, I support your views on what to remove and what to keep. I have seen that the main conflict is "Abolition of monarchy". To avoid problems, I suggest to replace that with "republicanism in Spain" which is not generic and fully related with the debate monarchy-republic. TheRichic Escudo de España (mazonado).svg  (Messages here)  12:38, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I consider that option to be as good as Abolition of Monarchy, I don't care which one is kept, I just consider the topic should be mentioned one way or another in that section. Thanks for your input. --Metalpotato - &#9993; 13:14, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Image: Tree of kings from Visigoths until present
It is full of fake facts, must be provided by the royal house itself. Most hilarious one must be "King Pelayo". 139.47.16.169 (talk) 19:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)