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 | | His grandfather Alfonso XIII was King of Spain until deposed in 1931 by the Second Spanish Republic. |
 | | 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. |
 | | An attempted coup (23-F) on February 23, 1981, in which the Cortes were seized, with gunfire in the parliamentary chamber, seemed likely to derail the process, until the unprecedented public television broadcast by the King called for unambiguous support for the legitimate democratic government. |
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