Ancestry of Juan Carlos I of Spain
[[Juan Carlos I|Don Juan Carlos I de Borbón], King of Spain since 1975, was born in Rome on 5 January 1938, where his father Don Juan, Count of Barcelona was living in exile after proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic.
Ahnentafel
This table sets out the ancestry of Juan Carlos I for five generations, numbered according to the ahnentafel genealogical numbering system.
1. Juan Carlos I of Spain
Parents
2. Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona
3. Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Grandparents
4. Alfonso XIII of Spain (father of 2)
5. Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (mother of 2)
6. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (father of 3)
7. Princess Louise of Orléans (mother of 3)
Great-Grandparents
8. Alfonso XII of Spain (father of 4)
9. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (mother of 4)
10. Prince Henry of Battenberg (father of 5)
11. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (mother of 5)
12. Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta (father of 6)
13. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (mother of 6)
14. Prince Philippe d'Orléans, Count of Paris (father of 7)
15. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (mother of 7)
Great-Great-Grandparents
16. Infante Francis of Spain, Duke of Cádiz (father of 8)
17. Isabella II of Spain (mother of 8)
18. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (father of 9)
19. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (mother of 9)
20. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (father of 10)
21. Countess Julia Hauke (mother of 10)
22. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 11)
23. Victoria of the United Kingdom (mother of 11)
24. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (father of 12)
25. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (mother of 12)
26. Prince Francis of the Two Sicilies, Count of Trapani (father of 13)
27. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria (mother of 13)
28. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (father of 14)
29. Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (mother of 14)
30. Prince Antoine d'Orléans, Duke of Montpensier (father of 15)
31. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain (mother of 15)
Great-Great-Great-Grandparents
32. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain (father of 16)
33. Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies (mother of 16)
34. Ferdinand VII of Spain (father of 17)
35. Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, (mother of 17)
36. Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (father of 18)
37. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (mother of 18)
38. Archduke Joseph of Austria, Palatine of Hungary (father of 19)
39. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (mother of 19)
40. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (father of 20)
41. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (mother of 20)
42. Count John Maurice Hauke (father of 21)
43. Sophie La Fontaine (mother of 21)
44. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 22)
45. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (mother of 22)
46. Prince Edward of the United Kingdom, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father of 23)
47. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (mother of 23)
48. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (father of 24)
49. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (mother of 24)
50=36. Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (father of 25)
51=37. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (mother of 25)
52=48. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (father of 26)
53=49. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (mother of 26)
54. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (father of 27)
55. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (mother of 27)
56. Louis-Philippe of France (father of 28)
57. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (mother of 28)
58. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (father of 29)
59. Princess Karoline Luise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (mother of 29)
60=56. Louis-Philippe of France (father of 30)
61=57. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (mother of 30)
62=34. Ferdinand VII of Spain (father of 31)
63=35. Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (mother of 31)
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32. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain |
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16. Infante Francis of Spain, Duke of Cádiz |
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33. Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
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8. Alfonso XII of Spain |
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34. Ferdinand VII of Spain |
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17. Isabella II of Spain |
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35. Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies |
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4. Alfonso XIII of Spain |
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36. Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen |
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18. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria |
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37. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg |
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9. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria |
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38. Archduke Joseph of Austria, Palatine of Hungary |
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19. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria |
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39. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg |
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2. Don Juan de de Borbón, Infante of Spain, Count of Barcelona |
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40. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine |
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20. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine |
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41. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden |
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10. Prince Henry of Battenberg |
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42. Count John Maurice Hauke |
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21. Countess Julia Hauke |
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43. Sophie La Fontaine |
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5. Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg |
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44. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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22. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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45. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
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11. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom |
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46. Prince Edward of the United Kingdom, Duke of Kent and Strathearn |
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23. Victoria of the United Kingdom |
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47. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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1. Juan Carlos I of Spain |
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48. Francis I of the Two Sicilies |
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24. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies |
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49. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain |
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12. Prince Alfonso of the Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta |
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50. Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen |
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25. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria |
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51. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg |
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6. Infante Carlos de Borbon-Dos Sicilias |
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52. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (#48) |
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26. Prince Francis of the Two Sicilies, Count of Trapani |
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53. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (#49) |
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13. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
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54. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany |
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27. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria |
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55. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies |
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3. Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
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56. Louis Philippe I of the French |
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28. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans |
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57. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily |
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14. Prince Philippe d'Orléans, Count of Paris |
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58. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
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29. Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
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59. Princess Karoline Luise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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7. Princess Louise d'Orléans |
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60. Louis Philippe I of the French (#56) |
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30. Prince Antoine d'Orléans, Duke of Montpensier |
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61. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (#57) |
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15. Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans |
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62. Ferdinand VII of Spain (#34) |
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31. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain |
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63. Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (#35) |
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Patrilineal descent
Juan Carlos de Borbon is legally 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
- Robert I of Worms and Rheingau, d. 764
- Thuringbert of Worms and Rheingau
- Robert II of Worms and Rheingau, 770 - 807
- Robert III of Worms and Rheingau, 808 - 834
- Robert IV the Strong, 820 - 866
- Robert I of France, 866 - 923
- Hugh the Great, Count of Paris, 895 - 956
- Hugh Capet, 941 - 996
- Robert II of France, 972 - 1031
- Henry I of France, 1008–1060
- Philip I of France, 1053–1108
- Louis VI of France, 1081–1137
- Louis VII of France, 1120–1180
- Philip II of France, 1165–1223
- Louis VIII of France, 1187–1226
- Louis IX of France, 1215–1270
- Robert, Count of Clermont, 1256–1317
- Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, 1279–1342
- James I, Count of La Marche, 1319–1362
- John I, Count of La Marche, 1344–1393
- Louis, Count of Vendôme, 1376–1446
- Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme, 1428–1478
- François, Count of Vendôme, 1470–1495
- Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, 1489–1537
- Antoine of Navarre, 1518–1562
- Henry IV of France, 1553–1610
- Louis XIII of France, 1601–1643
- Louis XIV of France, 1638–1715
- Louis, Dauphin of France (1661-1711)
- Philip V of Spain, 1683–1746
- Charles III of Spain, 1716–1788
- Charles IV of Spain, 1748–1819
- Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain, 1794–1865
- Francis, King Consort of Spain, 1822–1902
- Alfonso XII of Spain, 1857–1885
- Alfonso XIII of Spain, 1886–1941
- Don Juan de de Borbón, Infante of Spain, Count of Barcelona, 1913–1993
- Juan Carlos I of Spain, 1938 -
Matrilineal descent
All of the matrilineal (from mother to mother) ancestors of Juan Carlos were Bourbons married to Bourbon princes back to Louise Elisabeth of France (1727-1759), a daughter of King Louis XV of France, of the House of Bourbon, and his Queen consort, Maria Leszczyńska.
- Louise Élisabeth of France, 1727-1759 first Bourbon princess in the line; Duchess consort of Philip, Duke of Parma
- Maria Luisa of Parma, 1751-1819 Queen consort of King Charles IV of Spain
- María Isabella of Spain, 1789-1848 Queen consort of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies
- Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, 1806-1878 Queen consort of King Ferdinand VII of Spain and later Queen Regent of Spain
- Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, 1832-1897
- Infanta Marie Isabelle de Orléans y de Borbón, Countess of Paris, 1848-1919
- Princess Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Guise 1882–1958
- Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Countess of Barcelona 1910–2000
- Juan Carlos I of Spain, 1938 -