Date of promotion
| Image
| Name
| Dead/Annulled
| Notes | Ref. |
1750 |  | Juan José Navarro, 1st Marquess of Victoria | † 5 February 1772 | 1st general captain of the Navy | |
1783 |  | Luis de Córdova y Córdova | † 29 September 1796 | 2nd general captain of the Navy | [2] |
1789 |  | Pedro Fitz-James Stuart | † 23 July 1791 | 3rd general captain of the Navy | |
1792 |  | Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán | † 4 April 1816 |
| [3][4] |
1794 |  | Francisco Javier Everardo-Tilly [es] | † 11 December 1795 | 5th general captain of the Navy | [5][6] |
1796 |  | Antonio González de Arce [es] | † 23 February 1798 | 6th general captain of the Navy | [7] |
1798 |  | Manuel Antonio Flórez y Maldonado | † 23 March 1798 | 7th general captain of the Navy | [8][9] |
1798 |  | Juan Cayetano de Lángara y Huarte | † 18 January 1806 | 8th general captain of the Navy | [10] |
1802 |  | José Solano y Bote | † 24 April 1806 | 9th general captain of the Navy | [11][12] |
1805 |  | Francisco de Borja y Poyo [es] | † 10 June 1808 | 10th general captain of the Navy | [13] |
1805 |  | Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos | † 1809 | 11th general captain of the Navy | [14] |
9 November 1805 |  | Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoles | † 9 March 1806 | 12th general captain of the Navy | [15] |
3 November 1808 |  | Félix Ignacio de Tejada [es] | † 20 February 1817 | 13th general captain of the Navy | [16] |
24 February 1817 |  | Ignacio Maria de Álava y Sáenz de Navarrete | † 26 May 1817 | 14th general captain of the Navy | [17] |
6 June 1817 |  | Juan María Villavicencio y de la Serna [es] | † 25 April 1830 | 15th general captain of the Navy | [18] |
1 May 1830 |  | Juan Ruiz de Apodaca y Eliza | † 11 January 1835 | 16th general captain of the Navy | [19] |
25 January 1835 |  | Cayetano Valdés y Flores | † 16 February 1835 | 17th general captain of the Navy | [20][21] |
16 January 1836 |  | Francisco Javier de Uriarte y Borja [es] | † 29 November 1843 | 18th general captain of the Navy | [22][23] [24][25] |
12 February 1843 |  | José Sartorio [es] | † 30 December 1843 | 19th general captain of the Navy | [26] |
2 June 1843[a] |
 | Ramón Romay [es] | † 23 May 1849 |
|
[27] |
15 September 1847[b] |  | José Rodríguez de Arias [es] | † 26 January 1852 | 21st general captain of the Navy | [28][29] |
17 February 1852 |  | Francisco Javier de Ulloa [es] | † 24 November 1855 |
- 22nd general captain of the Navy
- Secretary of the Navy (1832–1833)
|
[30] |
28 November 1855 |  | Dionisio Capaz [es] | † 27 December 1855 |
- 23rd general captain of the Navy
- Minister of the Navy (1822–1823 and 11–16 September 1840)
|
[31] |
13 February 1856 |  | Francisco Armero y Fernández de Peñaranda | † 1 July 1856 |
|
[32] |
24 November 1858[c] |  | Casimiro Vigodet [es] | † 2 January 1872 |
|
[33][34][35] |
16 November 1870 |  | Amadeo de Saboya | 11 February 1873 (First Spanish Republic established) |
|
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5 September 1872[d] |  | Juan José Martínez de Espinosa y Tacón | † 14 October 1875 | | [36] |
29 December 1874 |  | Alfonso de Borbón y Borbón | † 25 November 1885 |
|
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24 August 1875[d] |
 | Joaquín Gutiérrez de Rubalcaba [es] | † 3 April 1881 |
- Ad honorem
- Minister of the Navy (17 January – 1 March 1864 and 1866–1867)
- 1st Marquis Rubalcaba with sucesion (1878)[e][37]
|
[38] |
18 April 1881[d] |  | Luis Hernández-Pinzón Álvarez [es] | † 22 February 1891 | Ad honorem | [39] |
27 February 1891[d] |  | Guillermo Chacón Maldonado [es] | † 28 March 1899 |
|
[40] |
15 April 1899[d] |  | Carlos Valcárcel y Ussel de Gimbarda | † 23 April 1903 |
|
[41] |
17 May 1902 |  | Alfonso de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena | 14 April 1931 (Second Spanish Republic established)[f] |
|
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30 April 1903[d] |  | José María Beránger [es] | † 23 January 1907 |
- Ad honorem
- Minister of the Navy
(1870–1871, 1872–1873, 1885–1886, 1890–1891, 11 March – 11 December 1892 and 1895–1897)
|
[42] |
21 February 1910[g] |  | Juan Bautista Viniegra [es] | † 21 February 1918 |
|
[43] |
17 March 1918 |  | José Pidal Rebollo [es] | † 4 May 1920 |
- Ad honorem
- Minister of the Navy (1911–1912 and 23 March – 27 July 1918)
|
[44][45] |
11 May 1920 |  | José María Chacón y Pery [es] | † 13 April 1922 |
|
[46][47] [48] |
22 April 1922 |  | Ricardo Fernández de la Puente y Patrón | † 23 October 1928 |
- Ad honorem
- President of the Supreme War and Navy Council
|
[49] |
30 October 1928 |  | Juan Bautista Aznar y Cabañas | † 19 February 1933 |
|
[50][51] |
18 July 1938 |  | Francisco Franco y Bahamonde | † 20 November 1975 |
|
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21 December 1973 |  | Luis Carrero y Blanco | — | Posthumous promotion
|
[52] |
20 November 1975[j] |  | Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón | Active until 19 June 2014 (Abdication) |
|
[53] |
5 December 1992 |  | Juan de Borbón y Battenberg | † 1 April 1993 |
|
[54] |
19 June 2014 |  | Felipe de Borbón y Grecia | Present |
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