Juan Carlos I Biography

Juan Carlos I biography

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NAME: Juan Carlos I
OCCUPATION: King
BIRTH DATE: January 05, 1938 (Age: 74)
EDUCATION: General Military Academy at Zaragoza, Naval Military School at Marín, General Academy of the Air at San Javier, University of Madrid
PLACE OF BIRTH: Rome, Italy

AKA: John Carlos I of Spain
ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn

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Spanish King Juan Carlos I acceded to the throne two days after the death of Francisco Franco and was instrumental in Spain's peaceful transition to democracy.

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Juan Carlos I was born January 5, 1938 in Rome, Italy. Juan Carlos first came to Spain in 1947. Although a 1947 Francoist law abolished the republic and established Spain as a “representative monarchy,” throughout Francisco Franco's lifetime, Spain remained without a ruling monarch. In 1969, however, Franco presented to the Cortes a law designating Juan Carlos the future king of Spain.