King Juan Carlos Makayla Skiles Kandace Fort Kellie Baker

King Juan Carlos was born in Rome Italy on January 5 th He is best known as the king of Spain since November 22 nd 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. 30 th 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 8 th 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