Person
Juan Carlos I
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 5, 1938
- From
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
Juan Carlos I, the last King of Spain reigned from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias was born on January 5, 1938 in Rome, Lazio, Italy, during his family's exile. Expected to continue Franco's legacy, Juan Carlos, however, soon after his accession introduced reforms to dismantle the Francoist regime and begin the Spanish transition to democracy. This led to the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum, which re-established a constitutional monarchy. In 1981, Juan Carlos played a major role in preventing a coup that attempted to revert Spain to Francoist government in the King's name. In 2008, he was considered the most popular leader in all Ibero-America.
Images
Credits
The Replacement
30 for 30
El Calentito
Flowers From Another World
Saving the King
A Day in the Life
Marathon
Leonor. El futuro de la monarquía renovada
Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King
Operación Palace
Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos
LS83
Los Borbones: Una familia real
The Sagrada Familia
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
Catalonia: Spain on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Felicidades, Letizia
Franco. La vida del Dictador en color