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Juan Carlos' role in the government of Spain was mainly symbolic, in a similar way to the monarchy of the [[United Kingdom]].
Juan Carlos' role in the government of Spain was mainly symbolic, in a similar way to the monarchy of the [[United Kingdom]].
==Biography==
Juan Carlos is the grandson of King [[Alfonso XIII]]. He was born in [[Rome, Italy]] in 1938 and went to Spain to further his studies in 1947. In 1955 Carlos entered the General Military Academy at Zaragoza followed by the Naval Military School at Marín in Pontevedra, the General Academy of the Air at San Javier in Murcia, and the University of Madrid. In 1969 [[Francisco Franco]] decided to restore the monarchy. Two days after Franco’s death in 1975 Carlos took the throne. On June 2, 2014 he announced his resignation.
Carlos is married to Princess Sofia of Greece, with whom he has two daughters and one son, [[Felipe VI]], his throne successor.<ref>http://www.biography.com/people/juan-carlos-i-9358722</ref>
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