Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 26 ga Yuli, 1947, an ayyana Spain a matsayin masarauta, amma ba a nada wani sarki ba har zuwa 1969 lokacin da Franco ya kafa Juan Carlos na Bourbon a matsayin magajinsa. Franco zai gaje shi da Luis Carrero Blanco a matsayin Firayim Minista da niyyar ci gaba da mulkin Francoist, amma waɗannan fatan sun ƙare tare da kashe shi a 1973
ta kungiyar 'yan tawaye ta Basque ETA. Tare da mutuwar Franco a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, 1975, Juan Carlos ya zama Sarkin Spain. Ya fara sauye-sauyen kasar zuwa dimokiradiyya, wanda ya ƙare da Spain ta zama masarauta ta tsarin mulki tare da zaɓaɓɓen majalisar dokoki da gwamnatoci masu cin gashin kansu.