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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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The constitutional period (1902–1923) was the period of his personal reign during which King Alfonso XIII kept to the role conferred on him by the 1876 Constitution which governed during the Bourbon Restoration in Spain, although he did not limit himself to playing a symbolic role but actively intervened in political life, especially in ...
Alfonso XIII was a controversial Spanish king during the first decades of the 20th century. During the First World War he established a humanitarian office for prisoners and civilian relief at the Royal Palace in Madrid.
Jun 11, 2018 · Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) was king of Spain from 1886 to 1931, during a period of political turmoil, social unrest, and colonial losses. He supported a military dictatorship in 1923, but was forced to abdicate in 1931 and died in exile in 1941.
Jan 18, 2018 · King Alfonso XIII of Spain carried out great humanitarian efforts during World War I (1914-1918), for which he was much admired. In France they called him “The Royal Knight of Charity.” In England he was referred to as “The Angel of Mercy” and the “Charitable War Postmaster” and the Germans called his office “The King of Spain’s ...
Alfonso XIII was the king of Spain from 1886 to 1931, when he was forced to abdicate by the Second Republic. He faced political, economic, and social crises, as well as military conflicts in Morocco and World War I.
