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Juan Carlos

Juan Carlos I
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Juan Carlos I in 2013
King of Spain (more...)
Reign 22 November 1975 – 19 June 2014
Enthronement 27 November 1975
Predecessor
Successor Felipe VI
Prime Ministers
Born (1938-01-05) 5 January 1938 (age 79)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Spouse Sophia of Greece and Denmark (m. 1962)
Issue
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Full name
Spanish: Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
House Bourbon
Father Juan, Count of Barcelona
Mother María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature
Full name
Spanish: Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias

Juan Carlos I (Spanish: [xwaŋˈkaɾlos]; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) reigned as King of Spain from 1975 until his abdication in 2014.

Juan Carlos is the grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of Spain prior to the monarchy's abolition in 1931 and the subsequent declaration of the Second Spanish Republic. Juan Carlos was born in Rome, Italy during his family's exile. Following his victory in the Spanish Civil War in 1939, Generalísimo Francisco Franco, the Spanish dictator, took over the government of Spain and in 1947, Spain's status as a monarchy was affirmed and a law was passed allowing Franco to choose his successor. Juan Carlos's father, Don Juan, was the fourth child of Alfonso who had renounced his claims to the throne in January 1941. Don Juan was seen by Franco to be too liberal and in 1969, was bypassed in favour of Juan Carlos as Franco's successor and next head of state.

Juan Carlos spent his early years in Italy and came to Spain in 1947 to continue his studies. After completing his secondary education in 1955, he began his military training and entered the General Military Academy at Zaragoza. Later, he attended the Naval Military School, the General Academy of the Air, and finished his tertiary education at the University of Madrid. In 1962, Juan Carlos married Princess Sophia of Greece in Athens, daughter of King Paul. The couple had two daughters and a son together: Elena, Cristina, and Felipe. Due to Franco's declining health, Juan Carlos first began periodically acting as Spain's head of state in the summer of 1974. Franco died in November the following year and Juan Carlos became king on 22 November 1975, two days after Franco's death, the first reigning monarch since 1931; although his exiled father did not formally renounce his claims to the throne in favor of his son until 1977.


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