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	Juan Carlos I of Spain Summary
		Juan Carlos was born as son of Infante Don Juan de Borbon, son of Alfonso XIII of Spain, and Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
		The heir to the throne of Spain was Juan de Borbón, the son of the late Alfonso XIII.
		Juan Carlos was married in Athens on May 14, 1962, to HRH Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark, daughter of King Paul.
	www.bookrags.com /Juan_Carlos_I_of_Spain (3698 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Juan Carlos of Spain
		Juan Carlos (born January 5, 1938) is the reigning King of Spain since 1975.
		Franco ignored the successory rights of Juan de Borbon, the father of Juan Carlos, and tried to educate Juan Carlos as his successor for the maintenance of the regime.
		However, Juan Carlos quickly instituted democratic reforms and a new constitution was promulgated, to the great displeasure of conservative elements, especially in the military, who had expected him to maintain the fascist state.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ju/Juan_Carlos_of_Spain (493 words)

	SPAIN: King Juan Carlos and the failed 1981 coup
		Paul Preston, the author of a monumental biography of King Juan Carlos of Spain, rejects the rumor that the King was involved in the 1981 failed coup: "It is rather tedious to have to answer this conspiracy theory stuff.
		Juan Carlos was deeply sensitive to military feeling and was fully aware of the widespread popular discontent with the government s performance.
		Juan Carlos reminded Armada that the royal duty was simply to hear, and then act on, the recommendations of the various leaders of the parliamentary parties.
	www.stanford.edu /group/wais/Spain/spain_kingjuancarlosandfailed1981coup72103.html (1217 words)

	King Juan Carlos.htm
		Spain was the 11th nation to join the European Union, and the current ruler of Spain is King Juan Carlos.
		Juan Carlos (the son), from the age of 10, was personally trained under Franco's direction, and graduated from all three of Spain's military academies.
		Juan Carlos was appointed Franco's successor as ruler of Spain, against the wishes of Juan Carlos' father, who still laid claim to the throne of Spain.
	members.tripod.com /vaulterjohn/King_Juan_Carlos.htm (1319 words)

	Amazon.com: Juan Carlos: Steering Spain from Dictatorship to Democracy: Books: Paul Preston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Juan Carlos, with his soldierly temperament and his taste for women and fast cars, was widely perceived as Franco's stooge and an intellectual mediocrity.
		Juan Carlos has reportedly thanked the author for "giving me back my life." The ins and outs of the process covered here in great detail might not fascinate those uninterested in Spain under the Franco regime or its democratic transition.
		Juan Carlos places the king far more at the center of Spain's peaceful transition to democracy than he is usually positioned.
	www.amazon.com /Juan-Carlos-Steering-Dictatorship-Democracy/dp/0393058042 (2365 words)

	The Timeshare Beat: IN Europe; King Juan Carlos of Spain
		Juan Carlos is not easy to describe: outside elegant, handsome, sportive, perfect manners and controlled by a very good education and tradition, he is the man who led Spain to a new future.
		Juan Carlos and his son won the gold Medal at the Olympics in Barcelona 1992.
		King Juan Carlos, who pays constant attention to the world of intellectual developments and its capacity for innovation, has a special relationship with universities, both in Spain and abroad, where he has had conferred upon him honorary doctorates by the most renowned centers, including the Universities of Bologna, Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, amongst many others.
	www.thetimesharebeat.com /europe/euro45.htm (1679 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Juan Carlos: 564 (Best Seller): Books: Paul Preston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Juan Carlos was born in exile in Rome in 1938 as first son to the Count of Barcelona - the then Head of the Royal Household - and pushed from an early age to pave the way for the Count to regain the Spanish Crown - a rather naive belief as it quickly turns out.
		Juan de Bourbon firmly believed that he should be the king, despite the fact that it was long obvious that he was totally unacceptable to Franco; Juan Carlos's position as Franco's putative successor placed him an inextricably uncomfortable relationship with his father Prince Juan.
		Juan Carlos had to overcome the system from within, having been chosen by his exiled father to be educated in Spain, and later elected by the dicator himself as his 'faithful' successor.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Juan-Carlos-564-Best-Seller/dp/8497932013 (4005 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: A Royal Mystery
		King Juan Carlos of Spain accidentally killed his brother.
		Which of the two royal brothers, if either, pulled the trigger may never be known but Juan Carlos himself was said at the time to have admitted to friends and family that he "felt responsible".
		Juan Carlos, friends said, was traumatised by the death of his only brother and never really got over it.
	www.snopes.com /history/world/juancarlos.asp (390 words)

	SPAIN: King Juan Carlos
		We were discussing the attempted Spanish coup of 1981, which King Juan Carlos thwarted, when I received Paul Preston's massive biography of him, Juan Carlos, el Rey de un pueblo, (Barcelona: Plaza Janés, 2003, pp.
		In a way it is the story of the Spanish monarchy since 1931.
		The man who really saved Spain's fledgling democracy that night was Lt. General Guillermo Quintana Lacaci, Captain-General of the Madrid military region.
	wais.stanford.edu /Spain/spain_kingjuancarlos71903.html (1021 words)

	International Mathematical Union (IMU) - Prizes
		The Fields medals were given to the recipients by King Juan Carlos of Spain.
		The Nevanlinna Prize was given to the recipient by King Juan Carlos of Spain.
		The Gauss Prize was presented to Junko Itô, the youngest daughter of the recipient, by King Juan Carlos of Spain.
	www.mathunion.org /General/Prizes/2006 (176 words)

	Juan Carlos of Spain
		Juan Carlos (born January 5, 1938) is the reigning King of Spain since 1975.
		Franco ignored the successory rights of Juan de Borbon, the father of Juan Carlos, and tried to educate Juan Carlos as his successor for the maintenance of the regime.
		However, Juan Carlos quickly instituted democratic reforms and a new constitution was promulgated, to the great displeasure of conservative elements, especially in the military, who had expected him to maintain the fascist state.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ju/Juan_Carlos_of_Spain.html (460 words)

	Encyclopedia: Juan Carlos of Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Juan Carlos also claims the title of King of Jerusalem, as the successor to the royal family of Naples.
		Juan Carlos was born in exile in Rome, Italy.
		Juan Carlos was married in Athens on May 14, 1962, to Princess Sophia of Greece, daughter of King Paul.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Juan-Carlos-of-Spain (900 words)

	Juan Carlos of Spain Information - TextSheet.com
		King Juan Carlos, Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón (born January 5, 1938) is the reigning King of Spain.
		Franco ignored the successory rights of Juan de Borbón, the father of Juan Carlos, and tried to educate Juan Carlos as his successor for the maintenance of the regime.
		During periods of incapacity of Franco in 1974 and 1975, Juan Carlos was interim Head of State.
	www.medbuster.com /encyclopedia/j/ju/juan_carlos_of_spain.html (708 words)

	Juan Carlos I of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After Franco's death Juan Carlos quickly instituted democratic reforms, to the great displeasure of conservative elements, especially in the military, who had expected him to maintain the authoritarian state.
		Juan Carlos thanked him by confirming the title of Count of Barcelona that Juan had assumed in exile.
		Because Juan Carlos is the great-great grandson of England's Queen Victoria, he is distantly related to the monarchs of England, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Juan_Carlos_of_Spain (964 words)

	King Juan Carlos.htm
		Spain was the 11th nation to join the European Union, and the current ruler of Spain is King Juan Carlos.
		Juan Carlos (the son), from the age of 10, was personally trained under Franco's direction, and graduated from all three of Spain's military academies.
		Juan Carlos was appointed Franco's successor as ruler of Spain, against the wishes of Juan Carlos' father, who still laid claim to the throne of Spain.
	vaulterjohn.tripod.com /King_Juan_Carlos.htm (1319 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Juan Carlos of Spain de Bourbon
		Juan Carlos was born in exile in Rome, Italy.
		By designating Juan Carlos as successor to the Head of State in 1969, Franco ignored the successory rights of Juan de Borbón, the father of Juan Carlos, and tried to educate Juan Carlos as his successor for the maintenance of the regime.
		Juan Carlos was married in Athens on May 14, 1962, to Princess Sophia of Greece, daughter of King Paul.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/4/4873.htm (880 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg41 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Juan II King Of CASTILE AND LÉON [Parents] was born on 6 Mar 1405 in, Toro, Zamora, Spain.
		Catalina Princess Of CASTILE AND LÉON was born on 5 Oct 1422 in, Illescas, Toledo, Spain.
		Catalina Princess Of CASTILE AND LÉON was born in 1403 in Of, Toro, Zamora, Spain.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg41.htm (1433 words)

	The Wedding of Juan Carlos of Spain and Sophia of Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Juan Carlos is a grandson of Queen Victoria-Eugenia of Spain, born a Princess of Battenberg.
		Following next were Queen Victoria-Eugenia of Spain with Queen Ingrid of Denmark; Bernhard of The Netherlands with Helen, Queen Mother of Romania; Umberto II and Marie-José of Italy; Michael I and Anne of Romania; Franz-Josef and Gina of Liechtenstein.
		Juan Carlos and Sophia are the parents of the Infantas Elena and Cristina, and Prince Felipe of the Asturias.
	www.eurohistory.com /JuanSophia.html (1583 words)

	AllRefer.com - Juan Carlos I (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Juan Carlos I[hwAn kAr´lOs] Pronunciation Key, 1938–;, king of Spain (1975–;), b.
		Placed by his father, Don Juan de BorbOn, under the care of Francisco Franco as a possible successor, he graduated from Spain's three military academies and received commissions in the army, navy, and air force; he also did graduate work at the Univ. of Madrid and served apprenticeships in many government departments.
		He has acted decisively to maintain political stability in Spain, as in choosing Adolfo SuArez as premier in 1976, foiling a right-wing military coup in 1981, and handling a scandal involving anti-Basque death squads in the mid-1990s.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/JuanCarl.html (297 words)

	His Majesty the King.
		JUAN CARLOS DE BORBON Y BORBON was born on January 5th, 1938 in Rome, where the Royal Family was living at that time, having had to leave Spain when the Republic was proclaimed in 1931.
		On the death of the previous Head of State, Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was proclaimed King on November 22nd, 1975.
		King Juan Carlos, who pays constant attention to the world of intellectual developments and its capacity for innovation, has a special relationship with universities, both in Spain and abroad, where he has had conferred upon him honorary doctorates by the most renowned centers, including the Universities of Bologna, Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, amongst many others.
	www.sispain.org /english/politics/royal/king.html (995 words)

	Juan Carlos of Spain - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
		Juan Carlos (born January 5, 1938) is the reigning King of Spain since 1975.
		Franco ignored the successory rights of Juan de Borbon, the father of Juan Carlos, and tried to educate Juan Carlos as his successor for the maintenance of the regime.
		However, Juan Carlos quickly instituted democratic reforms and a new constitution was promulgated, to the great displeasure of conservative elements, especially in the military, who had expected him to maintain the fascist state.
	www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/ju/Juan_Carlos_of_Spain.html (537 words)

	HRH Juan Carlos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Juan Carlos I (1938), King of Spain (1975), returned the country to democracy after the long dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
		As king, Juan Carlos is commander in chief of the armed forces.
		King Juan Carlos pays constant attention to the world of intellectual developments and its capacity for innovation and has a special relationship with universities, both in Spain and abroad, where he has had conferred upon him honorary doctorates by the most renowned centres, including the Universities of Bologna, Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, amongst many.
	www.spanishpropertyco.com /4.htm (698 words)

	Juan Carlos Get Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Juan Carlos embraced Fidel Castro and opened up cordial relations with the communist dictator, thumbing his nose at the American embargo.
		Juan Carlos began his reign by promising, like his counterpart George W. Bush, to "hear all sides," but, also like Bush, he has been deaf to Nationalists, rightists and anti-communists.
		Juan Carlos was visiting Mississippi to view an exhibition of artifacts from Spanish royalty.
	www.nationalist.org /alt/2001/apr/carlos.html (710 words)

	HELLO! Profiles
		But, when Juan Carlos was born in Rome on January 5, 1938, the chances of him one day acceding to the Spanish throne looked remote.
		In accordance with his father's wishes that he receive part of his education in Spain, the nine-year-old Juan Carlos, still in short trousers, arrived in Madrid for the first time in 1947.
		Within hours Juan Carlos had defused the situation, however, by appearing on television and ordering all military units to return to their garrisons.
	www.hellomagazine.com /profiles/juancarlos (467 words)

	24TH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dona Elena of SPAIN was born on 20 Dec 1963 in Nuestra Senora de Loreta in Madrid.
		Dona Cristina of SPAIN was born on 13 Jun 1965 in Madrid.
		Don Felipe of SPAIN Infante was born on 30 Jan 1968 in Madrid.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d10063.htm (165 words)

	King Juan Carlos of Spain Student of Villa St-Jean, Fribourg SWITZERLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Juan Carlos's teachers at Villa Saint-Jean remember him as a child of normal intelligence and exceptional physical stature and beauty, who badly needed disciplining after spending too much time in the company of indulgent nannies.
		Don Juan became increasingly uneasy at having left Juan Carlos behind in Switzerland, and in early 1947 he was finally allowed to rejoining his parents in Estoril.
		Juan Carlos fist set foot on Spanish soil on 9 November 1948, on a bitterly cold Castilian morning, at the age of ten............
	www.villastjean.com /villa_alumni/king_juan_carlos_of_spainstudent.htm (438 words)

	CNN.com - Juan Carlos tours oil-hit villages - Dec. 2, 2002
		As a submarine prepares to investigate a new oil slick off the coast of Spain, protesters are outraged at the goverment's handling of the environmental disaster.
		Spain's King Juan Carlos has toured two villages whose fishermen's livelihoods have been devastated by a slick, as more oil washed ashore from the sunken tanker Prestige.
		Spain insists that most of the tanker's cargo of 77,000 tons (20 million gallons) of fuel oil sank with it two weeks ago.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/12/02/slick.submarine (636 words)

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