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Also known as: Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón Y Borbón
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In full:
Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón
Born:
January 5, 1938, Rome, Italy (age 86)
Title / Office:
king (1975-2014), Spain
Notable Family Members:
son Felipe VI
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Juan Carlos (born January 5, 1938, Rome, Italy) was the king of Spain from 1975 to 2014. He acceded to the Spanish throne two days after the death of Francisco Franco. Juan Carlos was instrumental in Spain’s peaceful transition to democracy. Juan Carlos was the grandson of the last king, Alfonso XIII, who left Spain in 1931 and died in exile 10 years later, after renouncing his rights in favour of his third son, Juan Carlos Teresa Silverio Alfonso de Borbón y Battenberg, conde de Barcelona (1913–93), popularly known as Don Juan. (Alfonso’s eldest son had been killed in an ...(100 of 798 words)

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