| Captain general of the Army | |
| Native Name: | Spanish; Castilian: Capitán General |
| Image Size2: | 70px |
| Country: |  Spain |
| Abbreviation: | CG |
| Nato Rank: | OF-10 |
| Non-Nato Rank: | O-11 |
| Lower Rank: | General of the Army |
| Equivalents: | Captain general of the Navy (N) Captain general of the Air Force (AF) |
Captain General (es|link=no|Capitán General) has been the highest rank in the Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra) since the 18th century. A five-star rank with NATO code OF-10, it is equivalent to a field marshal of the armies of numerous countries, a general of the Army of the United States, a captain general of the Spanish Navy (Armada Española) or a Captain general of the Air Force in the Spanish Air and Space Force (Ejército del Aire y del Espacio). A Captain General's insignia consists of two command sticks under five four-pointed stars below the Royal Crown.
A personal rank of captain general was created in the Spanish Army (and Navy) as the highest rank in the hierarchy, not unlike the Marechal de France. Since King Charles IV's reign (1788–1808), the monarchs used captain general insignia when wearing uniform. Briefly abolished by the Second Spanish Republic (except one honorary promotion), it was restored by Nationalist Spain in 1938; Francisco Franco himself was the only officer of this rank. The effective rank was reserved to the reigning monarch. A few posthumous honorary promotions and honorary promotions of retired officers to this rank were also made, such as José Moscardó Ituarte (1956), Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1957), Camilo Alonso Vega (1969) or Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado (1994). Some members of the Spanish Royal Family were promoted to the rank after periods of service and Queen Isabella II appointed her consort, Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1846). Two foreign monarchs, Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and four distinguished foreign military officers also held the honour.
| Date of promotion | class=unsortable | Image ! | Name and style | Dead/Annulled | class=unsortable | Notes |
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| 1763 | † 1798 | |||||
| 1777 | † 1778 | |||||
| 1783 | † 1796 | |||||
(Abdication) | Ex officio | |||||
| 1793 | Antonio Ricardos y Carrillo de Albornoz | † | ||||
| Manuel Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, Prince of the Peace | Generalissimo (1801–1808) | |||||
| 1794 | Honorato Ignacio de Glimes de Brabante, Count Glimes de Brabante | † 1804 | ||||
| 1794 | José Carlos Álvarez de Bohórquez y Molina, Marquis of Ruchena | † ? | ||||
| 1794 | Martín Antonio Álvarez de Sotomayor y Flores, Count of Colomera | † 1819 | ||||
| 1795 | Manuel de Negrete y de la Torre,Count of Campo de Alange | † 1818 | ||||
| 1795 | José Ramón de Urrutia y de las Casas | † 1803 | ||||
| 1799 | Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca, 1st Marquis of Branciforte | † 1812 | ||||
| 1806 | † 1809 | |||||
| † [1] | Ex officio | |||||
| 1808 | Vicente María de Vera de Aragón y Enríquez de Navarra, Duke of La Roca and Marquis of Sofraga | † 1813 | ||||
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| 1808 | Vicente María de Acevedo y Pola-Navia | † November 1808 | ||||
| 1808 | Joaquín de Navia-Osorio y Miranda, Marquis of Santa Cruz de Marcenado and Viscount of Puerto | † 1816 | ||||
| 1809 | Rafael Vasco y del Campo, Count of la Conquista de las Islas Batanes | † 1810 | ||||
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| 1809 | Ventura Escalante y Bruen | † 1811 | ||||
| 1810 | Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of La Romana | † | ||||
| 1811 | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | † | Ad honorem | |||
| 1811 | William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford | † | Ad honorem | |||
| 1811 | Joaquín Blake y Joyes | † | ||||
| 1811 | Claude-Anne de Rouvroy de Saint Simon, Marquis of Saint Simon and Montblerú | † | Émigré and Spanish Grandee. | |||
| 1816 | † 1823 | |||||
| 1816 | † 1825 | |||||
| 1816 | Ramón de Osorio y Patiño, 4th Marquis of Castelar | † 1817 | ||||
| 1816 | José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, 1st Marquis of La Concordia | † | ||||
| 1823 | Francisco Javier de Elio y Olondriz | † 1822 | ||||
| 1823 | Francisco de Eguía, 1st Count of the Real Aprecio | † | President of the Provisional Board of Spain and the Indies | |||
| 1824 | Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado | † |
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| 1824 | Joaquín Ibáñez, Baron de Eroles | † | ||||
| 1825 | Juan de Henestrosa y Orcasitas | † 1831 | ||||
| 1827 | José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas, 2nd Duke of San Carlos | † 1828 | Secretary of state (1814) | |||
| 1831 | Francisco Fernández de Córdoba, 1st Duke of Alagón | † 1841 | ||||
| Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara | † |
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| José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquis of Rodil | † |
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| Juan José Nieto y Aguilar, 2nd Marquis of Monsalud | † | |||||
| Prudencio de Guadalfajara y Aguilera, duque de Castroterreño | † |
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| Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia | † |
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(Abolition of monarchy) † |
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| Manuel Gutiérrez de la Concha e Irigoyen, 1st Marquis of Duero | † | |||||
| Pedro Villacampa y Maza de Lizana | † | |||||
| Evaristo Fernández de San Miguel y Valledor, 1st Duke of San Miguel | † | |||||
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| December 1870[3] |
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| Juan de la Pezuela y Cevallos, 1st Count of Cheste | † | |||||
| Manuel Pavía y Lacy, 1st Marquis de Novaliches | † | |||||
| José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquis of Havana | † |
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(Abdication) | Ex officio
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| Juan de Zavala, 1st Marquis of Sierra Bullones | † |
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| [4] | Ramón Cabrera y Griñó, 1st duke of the Maestrazgo | † | ||||
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| Ramón Blanco y Erenas, 1st Marquis de Peña Plata | † | Ad honorem | ||||
| Fernando Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte, 1st Marquis of Estella | † |
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(Second Spanish Republic established)[5] |
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| Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom[6] | † |
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| Camilo García de Polavieja y del Castillo-Negrete, 1st Marquis Polavieja | † | Ad honorem | ||||
| Valeriano Weyler Nicolau, 1st Duke of Rubí and Marquis of Tenerife | † |
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| Wilhelm II, German Emperor | † |
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| Marcelo de Azcárraga y Palmero | † |
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| Francisco Aguilera y Egea | † |
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| José Sanjurjo y Sacanell, 1st Marquis of the Rif | Posthumous promotion | |||||
| Francisco Franco Bahamonde | † |
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| Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella |
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| José Enrique Varela Iglesias, 1st Marquis of San Fernando de Varela |
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| Juan Yagüe Blanco, 1st Marquis of San Leonardo de Yagüe |
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| José Moscardó Ituarte, 1st Count of the Alcázar de Toledo | Posthumous promotion | |||||
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| [10] [11] | Active until 19 June 2014. (Abdication) |
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| Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, 1st Marquis Gutiérrez-Mellado | † |
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| Present |
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