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.
Patrilineal descent
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
- Charibert de Haspengau (c. 555–636)
- Chrodobertus I de Haspengau (c. 600–630)
- Lambert I de Haspengau (c. 620–650)
- Chrodobertus II, Count of Haspengau (fl. 650)
- Lambert II, Count of Haspengau (c. 682–741)
- Robert I of Worms and Rheingau, 697–764
- 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 Borbón, Infante of Spain, Count of Barcelona, 1913–1993
- 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).
- Jadwiga Lubiatowska
- Katarzyna Brzozogajska
- Elżbieta Czacka
- Anna Mielżyńska, about 1600-after 1640
- Teresa Zaleska, 1640–1665
- Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska, 1660–1701
- Catherine Opalińska, 1680–1747 Queen of Poland
- Marie Leszczynska, 1703–1768 Queen of France
- Louise Élisabeth of France, 1727–1759 Duchess of Parma
- Maria Luisa of Parma, 1751–1819 Queen of Spain
- María Isabella of Spain, 1789–1848 Queen of the Two Sicilies
- Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, 1806–1878 Queen of Spain
- Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, 1832–1897
- Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, 1848–1919
- Princess Louise of Orléans 1882–1958
- Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Countess of Barcelona 1910–2000
- Juan Carlos I of Spain, 1938–