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

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 XIII of Spain, 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 –