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  2. Juan Carlos I - Wikipedia

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    Juan Carlos I (Spanish: [xwaŋˈkaɾlos]; [note 1] Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until his abdication on 19 June 2014.

  3. Reign of Juan Carlos I - Wikipedia

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    The transition to democracy took place in the early years of his reign, making Spain no longer the only non-communist dictatorship left in Europe. The new king assumed the project of the reformist sector of Franco's political elite that, facing the conservatives, defended the need to introduce gradual changes in the fundamental laws so that the new monarchy would be accepted in Europe as a whole.

  4. List of titles and honours of Juan Carlos I - Wikipedia

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    In 1969, twelve years after the Law of Succession to the Headship of the State, the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco skipped Infante Juan and designated Juan Carlos as his successor, with the title Prince of Spain. [2] On Franco's death in 1975, he thus became King of Spain. The Spanish titles of Juan Carlos I as monarch of Spain were as ...

  5. Spain's former king Juan Carlos to attend Queen Elizabeth's ...

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    The former monarch left Spain for Abu Dhabi in August 2020 after prosecutors started looking into allegations of fraud in Spain and Switzerland. Spain's former king Juan Carlos to attend Queen ...

  6. Former king Juan Carlos wants to come back to Spain soon ...

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    Spain's former king Juan Carlos has expressed the desire to come back to Spain soon, public broadcaster RTVE reported on Tuesday citing sources close to him. The royal palace announced on Monday ...

  7. Abdication of Juan Carlos I - Wikipedia

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    Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, announced his pending abdication from the throne on 2 June 2014.An organic law formalizing the abdication, required by the 1978 Constitution in its article 57.5, [1] was drafted by the government and approved by the Cortes Generales, and was formally signed on 18 June during a ceremony in the Hall of Columns [] of the Royal Palace of Madrid.

  8. How Spain’s ex-king’s fell from grace - AOL

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    Spain’s former king Juan Carlos left his country, dogged by allegations of bribery and corruption swirling around a Saudi rail contract. It was a bombshell move and dramatic exit by the ex ...

  9. List of Spanish monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Alfonso XIII's claim descended (due to his two eldest sons' renunciations) to his third son, Juan of Bourbon, Count of Barcelona, who was passed over in favour of his eldest son, whose title is King of Spain. The Count of Barcelona formally renounced his claims in favour of his son in 1977, two years after Franco's death and Juan Carlos's ...