Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces

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Spanish military rank military rank

The Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces is the highest military rank in Spain, traditionally held by the reigning monarch as the supreme commander of the country's armed forces.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Capitán General de las Fuerzas Armadas Españolas	1
King of Spain in his capacity as Captain General of the Armed Forces	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish military rank ⓘ military rank ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Spain ⓘ
associatedWithOffice	Crown of Spain ⓘ Spanish monarchy ⓘ
belongsToTradition	Spanish military tradition ⓘ
canBeConferredTo	senior military officers in exceptional circumstances ⓘ
ceremonialRole	symbolic head of the Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Spanish Constitution ⓘ surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978
country	Spain ⓘ
currentHolder	Felipe VI ⓘ surface form: Felipe VI of Spain
definedAsInConstitution	supreme command of the Armed Forces vested in the King ⓘ
equivalentRankInNATO	OF-10 ⓘ
equivalentTo	five-star rank ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Captain General ⓘ surface form: Capitán General
hasAuthorityOver	Spanish Air Force ⓘ surface form: Spanish Air and Space Force Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ Spanish Army ⓘ Spanish Navy ⓘ
hasInsigniaType	five stars ⓘ royal crown ⓘ
hasRankAbove	none ⓘ
hasRankBelow	Admiral General ⓘ General of the Air ⓘ General of the Army ⓘ
historicallyHeldBy	Alfonso XII of Spain ⓘ Alfonso XIII of Spain ⓘ Charles III of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Francisco Franco ⓘ Isabella II of Spain ⓘ Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ Philip V of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
holderTitle	King of Spain ⓘ
isHighestRankIn	Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ
isHighestRankOf	Spain ⓘ
languageOfLabel	Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	reserved to the King in peacetime ⓘ
nativeLabel	Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Capitán General de las Fuerzas Armadas Españolas
partOf	Spanish Armed Forces command structure ⓘ Spanish military rank structure ⓘ
rankGroup	flag officer ⓘ general officer ⓘ
roleInCommandStructure	supreme commander of the Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ
traditionallyHeldBy	King of Spain ⓘ monarch of Spain ⓘ reigning monarch of Spain ⓘ
usedInBranch	Spanish Air Force ⓘ surface form: Spanish Air and Space Force Spanish Army ⓘ Spanish Navy ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Felipe VI → militaryRank → Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ

Juan Carlos I of Spain → militaryRank → Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ

Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces → nativeLabel → Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitán General de las Fuerzas Armadas Españolas

Chief of the Defence Staff of Spain → subordinateTo → Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Spain in his capacity as Captain General of the Armed Forces