# Juan Carlos I of Spain

> He was handpicked by Franco to preserve a dictatorship, then spent his first years as king quietly dismantling it - until scandals over elephant hunts and Saudi money sent him into exile from the country he'd steered back to democracy.

*King of Spain from 1975 to 2014*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/juan-carlos-i-of-spain

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Country:** Spain
- **Born:** 1938-01-05
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in Rome in 1938 while Spain's royal family lived in exile, Juan Carlos returned at nine and was groomed by Franco, who in 1969 bypassed the boy's liberal father and named him successor. He became king in November 1975, and instead of preserving the regime, pushed through democratic reforms that led to the 1978 constitution restoring constitutional monarchy. In 1981 he personally blocked a military coup attempting to restore Franco's order. By 2008 he was Ibero-America's most popular leader, but the shine wore off: a 2012 elephant-hunting trip during Spain's financial collapse, then mounting family scandals, corroded his standing. He abdicated in June 2014 in favour of his son Felipe VI, and in 2020 left Spain altogether over allegations of Saudi business entanglements, his fortune estimated near two billion dollars.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 77.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 20.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 29.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 20.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #14

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207526/ (@nm0207526)

## Topics
#Business Professionals, #Historical Figure, #Royalty, #Spain, #Europe, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **2009** - Order of Excellence
- **1994** - Gold Medal of the San Pablo CEU University
- **1987** - Nansen Refugee Award
- **1985** - Gold Olympic Order
- **1984** - honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
- **1982** - Charlemagne Prize
- **1977** - Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- **1970** - Grand Cross of the Cross of Military Merit with White Decoration
- **1938** - Born

## Sources
- [フアン・カルロス1世 (スペイン王)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B91%E4%B8%96_(%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E7%8E%8B))
- [胡安·卡洛斯一世](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%83%A1%E5%AE%89%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E6%B4%9B%E6%96%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%96)
- [Juan Carlos Ier](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Ier)
- [Juan Carlos I de España](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_de_Espa%C3%B1a)
- [Juan Carlos I di Spagna](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_di_Spagna)
- [Juan Carlos da Espanha](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_da_Espanha)
- [Juan Carlos I van Spanje](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_van_Spanje)
- [Jan Karol I](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Karol_I)
- [Хуан Карлос I](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81_I)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19943)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_of_Spain)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Juan%20Carlos%20I%20of%20Spain)
- [Хуан-Карляс I](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%81_I)
- [Хуан Карлас I](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81_I)
- [Хуан Карлос I](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81_I)
- [প্রথম হুয়ান কার্লোস](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8)
- [Juan Carlos Iañ](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Ia%C3%B1)
- [Juan Carlos, kralj Španije](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos%2C_kralj_%C5%A0panije)
- [Joan Carles I d'Espanya](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Carles_I_d'Espanya)
- [خوان کارلۆسی یەکەم](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%86%D8%B3%DB%8C_%DB%8C%DB%95%DA%A9%DB%95%D9%85)
- [Juan Carlos I.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I.)
- [Juan Carlos I, brenin Sbaen](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I%2C_brenin_Sbaen)
- [Juan Carlos af Spanien](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_af_Spanien)
- [Juan Carlos I.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I.)
- [Χουάν Κάρλος Α΄ της Ισπανίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Juan Carlos I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joan_Carles_I_d'Espanya)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I.)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I._(Spanien))
- [Wikiquote](https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_de_Borb%C3%B3n)

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