Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona

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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 of La Granja de San Ildefonso, San Ildefonso, Kingdom of Spain
Died	1 April 1993(1993-04-01) (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)​
Issue	Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz Juan Carlos I Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria Infante Alfonso
Names Juan Carlos Teresa Silverio Alfonso de Borbón y Battenberg[1]
House	Bourbon
Father	Alfonso XIII of Spain
Mother	Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
Religion	Roman Catholic
Signature
Military career
Allegiance	Spain
Service / branch	Spanish Navy
Rank	Captain general

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.^[2] 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.