Juan Carlos I of Spain - Ancestors

Ancestors

King Juan Carlos is a direct descendant of many famous European rulers from different countries. He is a descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom through his grandmother, Victoria Eugenie; of Louis XIV of France through the House of Bourbon; of the Emperor Charles V, who belonged to the Habsburg dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire. The Capetian dynasty, to which he also belongs, is the oldest in Europe. Some of his distant ancestors include Joan, Duchess of Burgundy and queen consort of Philip VI of France. He is a descendant of Maria Leszczyńska, daughter of King Stanislaus Leszczynski of Poland, and Queen Consort of France through an unbroken line of Bourbon princesses who married within the Bourbon house. He's also a descendant of Pelagius, first king (718–737 a.C) during the Reconquista, as descendant of the kings of Castile and Leon, and through him the Visigothic kings. The King is a direct descendent of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. He is a direct descendant through the male line of Robert of Hesbaye (770–807), currently making the Spanish Royal Line one of the longest lived in the world, second only to the Imperial House of Japan.

Ancestors of Juan Carlos I of Spain
16. Infante Francis of Spain, Duke of Cádiz
8. Alfonso XII of Spain
17. Isabella II of Spain
4. Alfonso XIII of Spain
18. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
9. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria
19. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
2. Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona
20. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
10. Prince Henry of Battenberg
21. Countess Julia Hauke
5. Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
22. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
11. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
23. Victoria of the United Kingdom
1. Juan Carlos of Spain
24. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
12. Prince Alfonso of the Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta
25. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
6. Prince Carlos of the Two Sicilies
26. Prince Francis of the Two Sicilies, Count of Trapani
13. Princess Antonietta of the Two Sicilies
27. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria
3. Princess María Mercedes of the Two Sicilies
28. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
14. Prince Philippe of Orléans, Count of Paris
29. Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
7. Princess Louise of Orléans
30. Prince Antoine of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier
15. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
31. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain

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