Overview
Juan Carlos I
Known For
25 anys d'emocions. 25 anys de Circuit
Sofía y la vida real
Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King
The four-part investigative doc-series "Juan Carlos: Downfall of The King"...
Felicidades, Letizia
Los Borbones: Una familia real
Leonor. El futuro de la monarquía renovada
Franco. La vida del Dictador en color
Generalísimo, la vida de Franco en color
Biography
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.