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This is a 'list of counts, kings, and queens of Castile'.
''It is, in part, a continuation of the list of Asturian monarchs and the list of Leonese monarchs.''

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Counts of Castile

Elective Counts

Kings of Castile

Suggested Reading

See also

Counts of Castile

Elective Counts

These counts were not hereditary, they were the representatives of the Asturian king in the eastern march of his realm.

★ Rodrigo (850-873)

★ Diego Rodríguez Porcelos (873-885)
Several counties until 932

★ Nuño Núñez I de Castrogeriz (889-909)

★ Nuño Núñez II de Amaya (909-915)

★ Ferdinand Díaz (909-923)

★ Gonzalo Fernández de Lara (912-920), father of Fernán González (see below)

★ Nuño Fernández (920-929)

★ Ferdinand I Ansúrez (929-930), only known for marrying the widow of García I of León

★ Ansur Fernández (944-947), in opposition to Fernán González (see below)
===House of Lara===

★ Ferdinand II González (930-970)

★ García I Fernández (970-995)

★ Sancho I (995-1017)

★ García II Sánchez (1017-1029)

★ Mayor (1029-1032), wife of Sancho III of Navarre who was count ''jure uxoris'' until his death in 1035

Kings of Castile

===Jiménez Dynasty===

★ Ferdinand I the Great (1035–65)

★ Sancho II the Strong (1065–72), also king of León (1072)

★ Alfonso VI the Brave (1072–1109), also king of León (1072–1109)

★ Urraca (1109–26), also queen of León (1109–1126)
===House of Burgundy===
The follow dynasts are descendants, in the male line, of Urraca's husband, Raymond of Burgundy.

★ Alfonso VII the Emperor (1126–57), also king of Galicia (1111–57) and king of León (1126–57)

★ Sancho III the Desired (1157–58)

★ Alfonso VIII the Noble (1158–1214)

★ Henry I (1214–17)

★ Berenguela the Great (1217)

★ Ferdinand III the Saint (1217–52), also king of León from 1230, canonised in 1671
All kings hereafter were also kings of León.

★ Alfonso X the Learned (1252–84)

★ Sancho IV the Brave (1284–95)

★ Ferdinand IV the Summoned (1295–1312)

★ Alfonso XI the Just (1312–50)

★ Pedro of Castile (1350–69)
===House of Trastámara===
Henry II was the illegitimate son of Alfonso XI. He was made duke of Trastámara.

★ Henry II the Bastard (1369–79)

★ John I (1379–90)

★ Henry III the Infirm (1390–1406)

★ John II (1406-1454)

★ Henry IV the Impotent (1454–1474)

★ Isabella I (1474–1504), married Ferdinand II of Aragon (Ferdinand V of Castile)

★ Joanna the Mad (1504–55), she is thought to have gone insane in 1506, following her husband's death. Her regents were all family taking advantage of her illness:

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★ Philip I the Handsome 1504–06, her husband

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★ Ferdinand V 1506–16, her father

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★ Charles I 1516–56, her son, also king in his own right
At this time (1516), the union of the Spanish kingdoms is generally called Spain and Charles I is the first King of Spain.

Suggested Reading

★ Barton, Simon. ''The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile''. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Appendix I: "The Counts of Twelfth Century León and Castile", pp. 235-302.

See also

★ List of Aragonese monarchs

★ List of Asturian monarchs

★ List of Galician monarchs

★ List of Leonese monarchs

★ List of Navarrese monarchs

★ List of Spanish monarchs

★ List of Castilian Queen Consorts

★ Kings of Spain family tree

★ Lists of incumbents