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Alfonso XIII as a cadet; by Manuel García Hispaleto. 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.
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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Thus was born the "dictatorship with a King", an expression coined by the historian Santos Juliá [193] to highlight the fact that the final fate of Primo de Rivera's military coup was decided by King Alfonso XIII, who did not support the government and ceded power to it, just as the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, had done a year earlier, when he did not sign the decree declaring a state ...
Alfonso XIII of Spain was born on 17 May 1886, in Madrid, Kingdom of Spain, as the posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain. His mother was the king’s second wife, Maria Christina of Austria. His father’s death in 1885 made him the King of Spain upon his birth. His mother served as his regent until 1902 when he took oath as the future king on ...
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 .
ALFONSO XIII (1886–1941) 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. Alfonso XIII 's mother, Queen María Christina of Habsburg-Lorraine (1858–1929), ruled as regent until he reached his sixteenth birthday.
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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.
