This article includes the list of forms of address used in

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

Abbreviations

* His/Her Majesty (Su Majestad): HM (SM) * His/Her Royal Highness (Su Alteza Real): HRH (SAR) *

The Most Excellent The Most Excellent ( (male) or (female), literally "Most Excellent Lord/Lady") is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in Spain and certain Spanish-speaking countries. Following Spanish tradition, it is an '' ex off ...

(Excelentísimo Señor / Excelentísima Señora): The Most Ext (Excmo. Sr. / Excma. Sra.) *The Most Illustrious (Ilustrísimo Señor / Ilustrísima Señora): The Most Ill (Ilmo. Sr. / Ilma. Sra.) *

The Most Reverend The Most Reverend (abbreviated as The Most Revd or The Most Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian clergy and Christian minister, ministers. It is a variant of the mor ...

(Reverendísimo Señor): The Most Rev (Rev. Sr.) *

Lord Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power (social and political), power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the Peerage o ...

(Don): Lord (D.)

Royalty

Nobility

Knight and Dames of the Royal Orders

The three preeminent orders of merit bestowed by the Kingdom of Spain are, sorted by year of creation, the

Order of Charles III The Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III, originally Royal and Much Distinguished Order of Charles III (, originally ; Abbreviation, Abbr.: OC3) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent Order of merit, orders of merit bes ...

(established in 1771), the

Order of Isabella the Catholic The Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (; Abbreviation, Abbr.: OYC) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent Order of merit, orders of merit bestowed by the Kingdom of Spain, alongside the Order of Charles III (established in 1771) and ...

(established in 1815), and the

Order of Civil Merit The Royal Order of Civil Merit (; Abbreviation, Abbr.: OMC) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent Order of merit, orders of merit bestowed by the Kingdom of Spain, alongside the Order of Charles III (established in 1771) and the Order ...

(established in 1926). Members of these three orders are addressed as follows.

References

Sources

* * {{cite web, title=How do I address the Queen of Spain?, url=https://www.thewrongfork.com/blog/how-do-i-address-the-queen-of-spain, publisher=The Wrong Fork, accessdate=20 November 2017 Culture of Spain

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