Juan Carlos I has received numerous decorations and honorary appointments as monarch of Spain. Spanish monarchical titles or styles are listed in order of degrees of sovereignty, nobility, and honour.
Royal titles and styles
| Styles of King Juan Carlos I | |
|---|---|
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| Reference style | His Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Majesty |
- 5 January 1938 – 15 January 1941: His Royal Highness Infante Juan Carlos of Spain
- 15 January 1941 - 21 July 1969: His Royal Highness The Prince of Asturias (titular)
- 21 July 1969 - 22 November 1975: His Royal Highness The Prince of Spain
- 22 November 1975 - 19 June 2014: His Majesty The King of Spain
- 19 June 2014 – present: His Majesty King Juan Carlos
As a grandson to deposed King Alfonso XIII, Juan Carlos was an Infante of Spain from birth. His father Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona became Head of the Royal House after his father's and elder brother's deaths and his other elder brother's renunciation. Juan Carlos thus became titular Prince of Asturias, the title traditionally held by the heir to the Spanish throne. In 1969, twelve years after the Law of Succession to the Headship of the State, the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco skipped Infante Juan and designated Juan Carlos as his successor, with the title Prince of Spain. On Franco's death in 1975, he thus became King of Spain.
The Spanish titles of Juan Carlos I as monarch of Spain were as follows:
- King of Spain
- King of Castile, of León, of Aragon, of the Two Sicilies* (Naples and Sicily), of Jerusalem*, of Navarre, of Granada, of Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, of Majorca, of Seville, of Sardinia*, of Córdoba, of Corsica*, of Murcia, of Menorca, of Jaén, of the Algarves*, of Algeciras, of Gibraltar*, of the Canary Islands, of the East Indies* and West Indies* and of the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea*;
- Archduke of Austria*;
- Duke of Burgundy*, of Brabant*, of Milan*, of Athens*, of Neopatras* (New Patras) and of Limburg*;
- Count of Habsburg*, of Flanders*, of Tyrol*, of Roussillon* and of Barcelona;
- Lord of Biscay and of Molina
Titles in pretence marked with * are historical titles which are only nominal and ceremonial.
Honours
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Awards
Germany: Charlemagne Prize (1982)
Russia: Laureate of the Russian Federation National Award (2010) for Outstanding Achievement in the Humanitarian Field
Switzerland: Jean Monnet Award of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe for his work on integrating Spain into the European Community
USA:
- Member of the Sons of the American Revolution organisation
- Freedom medal of the Roosevelt Institute (1996)
- World Statesman Award (1997) of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Gold Olympic Order, 1985
UNESCO
International sovereign organisations
- International Order of St. Hubertus
- Protector of the International Order of St. Hubertus
Honorific eponyms
Spain
- USA
- New York City: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science, to foster the study of Hispanic culture and language
Other honours
- Spain
- Instituto Cervantes: Honorary President 21 March 1991 – 19 June 2014
Holy See
- Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore: Protocanon (ex officio) 22 November 1975 – 19 June 2014
- Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura: Protocanon (ex officio) 22 November 1975 – 19 June 2014
- Other:
: Honorary President of the Organization of Ibero-American States
Scholastic
The king has been the recipient of numerous honorary doctorates and degrees, including:
Honorary doctorates
Argentina
France
- University of Paris (La Sorbonne)
Italy
Philippines
United Kingdom
- USA
- Harvard University
- Southern Methodist University (where, in 2001, he formally opened the Meadows Museum, housing the largest collection of Spanish art outside Spain)
- Georgetown University, Honorary Doctor of Laws
Degrees
Netherlands
- University of Utrecht in the Netherlands (25 October 2001).
- USA
Spanish Royal Academies
- Spanish Royal Academies Board: High Patron (ex officio) 22 November 1975 – 19 June 2014
Other
- Gold Medal of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe, in 1996.
- Elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1992.
Military rank
1964 – ?: Ship-of-the-line lieutenant, Spanish Navy
1973 – 22 November 1975: Brigadier general, Spanish Army- 1973 – 22 November 1975: Counter admiral, Spanish Navy
1973 – 22 November 1975: Brigadier general, Spanish Air Force
22 November 1975 – 19 June 2014: Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces
See also
- List of titles and honours of Queen Sofía of Spain
- List of titles and honours of Felipe VI of Spain
- List of titles and honours of Queen Letizia of Spain
- List of titles and honours of Leonor, Princess of Asturias
- List of honours of the Spanish Royal Family by country
- List of titles and honours of the Spanish Crown
- Military career and honours of Francisco Franco
Notes
*: Orders of the Kingdom of Spain with the grand mastership assumed by Francisco Franco as Spanish Head of State.
**: Dynastic orders with the domain remained by Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Head of the Spanish Royal House, until his formal renounce in 1977.
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