Who was Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona?
Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona was the third son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.
Born at the Palace of San Ildefonso, his father was forced into exile when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931.
His older brothers, Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias, and Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, both renounced their claims to the throne in 1933, making Juan the heir-apparent.
Juan, Count of Barcelona, with his wife the Countess at Claridges in London in 1950
To assert his claim to the throne, after his father's death he used the title of Count of Barcelona, a sovereign title associated with the Spanish crown.
Under his son, Juan Carlos I, a constitutional monarchy was restored in Spain.
Don Juan was buried with honours due a King, in the Royal Crypt of the monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, near Madrid.
His wife, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, survived him by seven years.
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