Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (Juan Carlos Teresa Silverio Alfonso de Borbón y Battenberg; 20 June 1913 – 1 April 1993), was a claimant to the Spanish throne as Juan III. He was the third son and designated heir of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Queen Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. His father was replaced by the Second Spanish Republic in 1931. Juan's son Juan Carlos I became king when Spain's constitutional monarchy was restored in 1975.
| Infante Juan | |||||
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| Count of Barcelona | |||||
Don Juan in 1946 | |||||
| Head of the Royal House of Spain | |||||
| Tenure | 15 January 1941 – 14 May 1977 | ||||
| Predecessor | Alfonso XIII | ||||
| Successor | Juan Carlos I | ||||
| Born | 20 June 1913 Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, San Ildefonso, Kingdom of Spain | ||||
| Died | 1 April 1993 (aged 79) Navarra University Hospital, Pamplona, Kingdom of Spain | ||||
| Burial | 7 April 1993 El Escorial, Community of Madrid, Spain | ||||
| Spouse |
Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
(m. 1935) | ||||
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| House | Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Alfonso XIII of Spain | ||||
| Mother | Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
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| Military career | |||||
| Allegiance | Spain | ||||
| Service/ | Spanish Navy | ||||
| Rank | Captain general | ||||
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