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Alfonso XIII (Spanish: Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena; French: Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African due to his Africanist views, was King of Spain from his birth until 14 ...
- 17 May 1886 – 14 April 1931
- Maria Christina of Austria
Alfonso XII [a] (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo de Borbón y Borbón; 28 November 1857 – 25 November 1885), also known as El Pacificador (Spanish: the Peacemaker ), was King of Spain from 29 December 1874 to his death in 1885.
- 29 December 1874 – 25 November 1885
- Isabella II of Spain
Alfonso XIII (born May 17, 1886, Madrid, Spain—died February 28, 1941, Rome, Italy) 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 ...
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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, when he began his personal reign, which lasted until 14 April 1931, when he had to go into exile after the ...
Alfonso XII (born November 28, 1857, Madrid, Spain—died November 25, 1885, Madrid) was a Spanish king whose short reign (1874–85) gave rise to hopes for a stable constitutional monarchy in Spain. The eldest surviving son of Queen Isabella II and, presumably, her consort, the duque de Cádiz, Alfonso accompanied his mother into exile ...
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Jun 11, 2018 · Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) was king of Spain from 1886 to 1931. His troubled reign was characterized by violent class conflict, political instability, and dictatorship. Alfonso was born in Madrid on May 17, 1886, 6 months after the death of his father, King Alfonso XII.
views 2,321,664 updated. ALFONSO XIII (1886–1941) BIBLIOGRAPHY. A member of the Bourbon Dynasty, ruled as king of Spain from 1886 until 1931. Alfonso XIII was born king; his father, Alfonso XII (r. 1875–1885), died six months before his birth.
