Ancestry of Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos reigned as the King of Spain from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. He was born in Rome on 5 January 1938, where his family was living in exile after proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic. He is the father of the current King, Felipe VI.

Ahnentafel

This table sets out the ancestry of Juan Carlos I for five generations, numbered according to the ahnentafel genealogical numbering system.

32. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain

16. Infante Francis of Spain, Duke of Cádiz

33. Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

8. Alfonso XII of Spain

34. Ferdinand VII of Spain

17. Isabella II of Spain

35. Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies

4. Alfonso XIII of Spain

36. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen

18. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria

37. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg

9. Maria Christina of Austria

38. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary

19. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

39. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

2. Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona

40. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse

20. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine

41. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden

10. Prince Henry of Battenberg

42. Count John Maurice Hauke

21. Countess Julia Hauke

43. Sophie La Fontaine

5. Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg

44. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

22. Prince Albert

45. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

11. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

46. Prince Edward of the United Kingdom, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

23. Queen Victoria

47. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

1. Juan Carlos I, King of Spain

48. Francis I of the Two Sicilies

24. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

49. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain

12. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta

50. Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen

25. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria

51. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg

6. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

52. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (#48)

26. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani

53. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (#49)

13. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

54. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany

27. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria

55. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies

3. Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

56. Louis Philippe I of the French

28. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans

57. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily

14. Prince Philippe, Count of Paris

58. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

29. Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

59. Princess Karoline Luise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

7. Princess Louise of Orléans

60. Louis Philippe I of the French (#56)

30. Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier

61. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (#57)

15. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

62. Ferdinand VII of Spain (#34)

31. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain

63. Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (#35)

Patrilineal descent

Dynastic line from the first Visigothic kings to Juan Carlos I.

Juan Carlos is a patrilineal member of the Spanish House of Bourbon, the senior branch of the House of Bourbon, itself originally a branch of the House of France, and thus of the House of Capet and of the Robertians. The line can be traced back more than 1,400 years and is one of the oldest in Europe.

House of Robert

1. Charibert de Haspengau (c. 555–636)
2. Chrodobertus I de Haspengau (c. 600–630)
3. Lambert I de Haspengau (c. 620–650)
4. Chrodobertus II, Count of Haspengau (fl. 650)
5. Lambert II, Count of Haspengau (c. 682–741)
6. Robert I of Worms and Rheingau, 697 - 764
7. Thuringbert of Worms and Rheingau
8. Robert II of Worms and Rheingau, 770 - 807
9. Robert III of Worms and Rheingau, 808 - 834
10. Robert IV the Strong, 820 - 866
11. Robert I of France, 866 - 923
12. Hugh the Great, Count of Paris, 895 - 956
13. Hugh Capet, 941 - 996
14. Robert II of France, 972 - 1031
15. Henry I of France, 1008–1060
16. Philip I of France, 1053–1108
17. Louis VI of France, 1081–1137
18. Louis VII of France, 1120–1180
19. Philip II of France, 1165–1223
20. Louis VIII of France, 1187–1226
21. Louis IX of France, 1215–1270
22. Robert, Count of Clermont, 1256–1317
23. Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, 1279–1342
24. James I, Count of La Marche, 1319–1362
25. John I, Count of La Marche, 1344–1393
26. Louis, Count of Vendôme, 1376–1446
27. Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme, 1428–1478
28. François, Count of Vendôme, 1470–1495
29. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, 1489–1537
30. Antoine of Navarre, 1518–1562
31. Henry IV of France, 1553–1610
32. Louis XIII of France, 1601–1643
33. Louis XIV of France, 1638–1715
34. Louis, Dauphin of France (1661-1711)
35. Philip V of Spain, 1683–1746
36. Charles III of Spain, 1716–1788
37. Charles IV of Spain, 1748–1819
38. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain, 1794–1865
39. Francis, King Consort of Spain, 1822–1902
40. Alfonso XII of Spain, 1857–1885
41. Alfonso XIof Joh. YbarzabalSpain, 1886–1941
42. Don Juan de Borbón, Infante of Spain, Count of Barcelona, 1913–1993
43. Juan Carlos I of Spain, 1938 -

Matrilineal descent

All of the matrilineal ancestors of Juan Carlos were Bourbon princesses married to Bourbon princes back to Louise Elisabeth of France (1727–1759).

1. Jadwiga Lubiatowska
2. Katarzyna Brzozogajska
3. Elżbieta Czacka
4. Anna Miełżyńska, about 1600-after 1640
5. Teresa Zaleska, 1640–1665
6. Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska, 1660–1701
7. Catherine Opalińska, 1680–1747 Queen of Poland
8. Marie Leszczynska, 1703–1768 Queen of France
9. Louise Élisabeth of France, 1727–1759 Duchess of Parma
10. Maria Luisa of Parma, 1751–1819 Queen of Spain
11. María Isabella of Spain, 1789–1848 Queen of the Two Sicilies
12. Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, 1806–1878 Queen of Spain
13. Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, 1832–1897
14. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, 1848–1919
15. Princess Christina of Orléans, Duchess of Guise 1882–1958
16. Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Countess of Barcelona 1910–2000
17. Juan Carlos I of Spain, 1938 –