Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 26 ga Yuli, 1947, an ayyana Spain a matsayin masarauta, amma ba a nada wani sarki ba har sai a 1969 Franco ya kafa Juan Carlos na Bourbon a matsayin magajinsa na hukuma. 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 mutuwarsa
1973 kisan kai da kungiyar Basque mai rabuwa ta 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.