Personal:Birth date: January 5, 1938
Birth place: Rome, Italy
Birth name: Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon
Father: Don Juan de Borbon y Battenburg, Count of Barcelona, third son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain
Mother: Dona Maria de las Mercedes de Borbon y Orleans, Princess of the Two Sicilies and Countess of Barcelona
Marriage: Princess Sofia of Greece (May 14, 1962-present)
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November 23-December 3, 2012 – Is hospitalized for hip joint reconstructive surgery.
March 3, 2013 – Is hospitalized for surgery on herniated discs. While he is recovering, a small fire breaks out at the hospital but the King is not affected.
September 25, 2013 – The king undergoes hip surgery in Madrid, his fifth operation in 18 months.
June 2, 2014 – Announces that he is abdicating in favor of his son Prince Felipe.
June 18, 2014 – King Juan Carlos I formally abdicates.
January 14, 2015 – A 12 judge panel rules Juan Carlos must face a paternity lawsuit — by a Belgian woman alleging that he’s her father — before the nation’s Supreme Court. Ingrid Sartiau, from Brussels, alleges that her mother and Juan Carlos had a relationship in late 1965, and she was born, as a result, in August 1966. At that time, Juan Carlos was married but still a prince.
