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Alfonso XIII was born at the Royal Palace of Madrid on 17 May 1886. He was the posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, who had died in November 1885, and became king upon his birth. Just after he was born, he was carried naked to the prime minister Práxedes Mateo Sagasta on a silver tray.
Alfonso XIII was a Spanish king (1902–31) who by authorizing a military dictatorship hastened his own deposition by advocates of the Second Republic. The posthumous son of Alfonso XII, Alfonso XIII was immediately proclaimed king under the regency of his mother, María Cristina.
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Alfonso XIII of Spain, also known as El Africano, was the King of Spain from his birth in 1886 until the establishment of the Second Republic in 1931. The posthumous son of Alfonso XII, he grew up alongside two elder sisters under the regency of their mother, María Cristina.
Succeeded by. Reign of Alfonso XII. Second Spanish Republic. Alfonso XIII became King of Spain at the moment of his birth in May 1886 because his father, Alfonso XII, had died five months earlier. His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, was regent until May 1902, when he turned sixteen and took the oath of office under the Constitution of 1876 ...
Sep 22, 2023 · The couple’s first son Alfonso, known as Alfonsito, was born on the 10th May 1907 in Madrid. Within months, it became evident that he suffered from hemophilia. His youngest brother, Gonzalo, also suffered from the disease.
After the failure of the First Spanish Republic in 1873, a conservative seizure of power led to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy with the ascendance of Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1857-1885) to the throne.
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(1886–1941). Thirteen rulers of Spain have borne the name Alfonso. Alfonso XIII, the last of the line, was the most important. Alfonso was born on May 17, 1886, in Madrid, a few months after his father, Alfonso XII, died. In the first 16 years of the king’s life his mother ruled the country for him.
