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1. He Was Born Into Immense Power. On a winter day on November 28th, 1857, the royal household saw Alfonso come into this world. His mother was at that moment the most powerful woman in Spain. She was, after all, the queen of her country. But despite having been born into all of this power and privilege, other, insidious issues awaited him in ...
His mother abdicated in his favour in 1870, and he returned to Spain as king in 1874 following a military coup against the First Spanish Republic. Alfonso died aged 27 in 1885, leaving his pregnant widow, Maria Christina of Austria, as regent of Spain.
The reign of Alfonso XII of Spain began after the triumph of the Pronunciamiento de Sagunto of December 29, 1874, which put an end to the First Spanish Republic and ended with the death of King Alfonso on November 25, 1885, giving way to the Regency of his wife, María Cristina of Habsburg.
Signature. Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo; 28 November 1857 – 25 November 1885), was King of Spain from 29 December 1874 to his death in 1885. After a revolution that ended Isabella ’s rule of Spain in 1868, Alfonso studied in Austria and France and returned to Spain as ...
- 29 December 1874 – 25 November 1885
- Alfonso XIII
- Amadeo I (1873)
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Alfonso XII of Spain Biography. Alfonso XII of Spain (November 28, 1857 - November 25, 1885), was king of Spain, reigning from 1875 to 1885, after a coup d'etat restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic. He was son of Isabella II of Spain.
The reign of Alfonso XII of Spain began after the triumph of the Pronunciamiento de Sagunto of December 29, 1874, which put an end to the First Spanish Republic and ended with the death of King Alfonso on November 25, 1885, giving way to the Regency of his wife, María Cristina of Habsburg.
Alfonso XII of Spain . Alfonso XII of Spain, nicknamed "the Pacifier" (Madrid, November 28, 1857-El Pardo, November 25, 1885), was king of Spain between 1874 and 1885. . Officially the son of Queen Isabel II and King Consort Francisco de Asís de Borbón, with the beginning of his reign the First Republic ended and the period known as the Restoration beg
