Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona

Infante Juan
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	(1913-06-20)20 June 1913 Royal Palace, San Ildefonso, Spain
Died	1 April 1993(1993-04-01) (aged 79) Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Spouse	Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (m 1935)
Issue	Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz Juan Carlos I Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria Infante Alfonso
Full name
Juan Carlos Teresa Silverio Alfonso de Borbón y Battenberg
House	Bourbons of Spain
Father	Alfonso XIII of Spain
Mother	Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
Burial	7 April 1993 El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
Signature
Religion	Roman Catholic

Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (Juan Carlos Teresa Silverio Alfonso de Borbón y Battenberg; 20 June 1913 – 1 April 1993), also known as Don Juan, was a claimant to the Spanish throne as Juan III. The third son and designated heir of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and 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.

Issue

1. Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz (born 30 July 1936) married Luis Gómez-Acebo, Duke of Estrada, Viscoont of La Torre and had issue.
2. Infante Juan Carlos of Spain (later King Juan Carlos I) born 5 January 1938) married Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark and had issue.
3. Infanta Margarita of Spain, Duchess of Soria born 6 March 1939) married Carlos Emilio Juan Zurita y Delgado and had issue.
4. Infante Alfonso of Spain (3 October 1941 – 29 March 1956) killed in a gun accident.