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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.
The proclamation of Juan Carlos I before the Francoist Cortes. In 1969, the dictator Francisco Franco designated Juan Carlos de Borbón as his successor "by title of king" with the title of Prince of Spain, by virtue of the Law of Succession to the Headship of the State of 1947..
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.
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 ...
Former king Juan Carlos has decided to leave Spain amid a cloud of scandal, with local media reporting he is in the Dominican Republic. Prosecutors in Geneva and Madrid are investigating alleged ...
Spain’s former king, Juan Carlos, is being investigated over alleged misuse of credit cards, the Office of the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court said in a statement Tuesday. The investigation ...
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 ...
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 ...