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King Juan Carlos
Makayla SkilesKandace FortKellie Baker
• King Juan Carlos was born in Rome Italy on January 5th 1938.
• He is best known as the king of Spain since November 22nd 1975, to present.
His Education:
King Juan Carlos completed his education from 1960 to 1961 at the Complutense University in Madrid, where he studied constitutional and international law, economics, and taxation.
The Family
• King Juan Carlos Has 3 Children, 1 boy and 2 girls.
Elena Christina Felipe
Sports
• King Juan Carlos competed in sailing at the 1972 summer olympics in Munich Germany.
• He is known for his physical love of sports including skiing karate and motorcycle racing.
• He also enjoys bear hunting(he was on a private hunting trip in Russia
in August of 2006 and shot a drunken bear)
Interesting Fact
• In March 1956, his younger brother Alfonso died in a gun accident at the families home in Portugal. He was cleaning his gun and a shot was fired and got shot in the forehead and died a few minutes later. People accused Juan Carlos of killing his brother.
(Juan Carlos did fire a shot but it hit the wall and ricocheted and hit his brother)
Goal As King
• When General Franco died, on Nov. 30th 1975 Juan Carlos became king due to the law of succession.
• His goal as king was to re-establish democracy and be “be king of all Spaniards without exception”
Honors and Awards
• University of Santo Tomas
• Philippines• Harvard University• Southern Methodist
University(for opening up the Meadows Museum, which has the largest collection of Spanish art outside of Spain.
• Georgetown University
• New York University(In 1997 NYU opened
up the “King Juan Carlos I” of Spain to promote research and teaching on Spain and the Spanish speaking world.
Health
• On May 8th 2010, King Juan Carlos had a tumor removed from his lung. Doctors said the procedure went well and did not need further treatment.
Interesting Facts
• Every year, King Juan Carlos gives out an award to the best writers of the Spanish language to both continents.
• His real name is….Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon.
• He was temporarily King when Franco had a serious illness in 1974
Visited Places
• Europe• Latin America• United States• Canada• Most of the Arab
countries• Israel
• China• Japan• Indonesia• Australia• New Zeland • Countries in “Black
Africa”
PRESENT RESIDENCE: Palacio de la Zarzuela
San Isidro High School of Madrid
Ancestry
Parents: Infante Juan of Spain and Princess Maria de las Mercedes
Grandparents: Alfonso XII of Spain and Princess Victoria Eugenie