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List of Castilian monarchs
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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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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)
- Fernán González (930-970)
- García I Fernández (970-995)
- Sancho I Garces (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
- Ferdinand I the Great (1035–65)
- Sancho II the Strong (1065–72), also king of León (1070-72)
- Alfonso VI the Brave (1072–1109), also king of León (1065-70,1072–1109)
- Urraca (1109–26), also queen of León (1109–1126)
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)
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:
- Philip I the Handsome 1504–06, her husband
- Ferdinand V 1506–16, her father
- Charles I 1516–56, her son, also king in his own right
The first monarch to style himself King of Spain was Philip II, son of Charles, who was King of Castile, Aragon and Portugal, among other possessions. Nevertheless the kingdom existed on its own right within the Spanish crown and with its own law until the arrival of the Bourbon dynasty after the War of Spanish Succession.
- 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.