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  Alphonso XIII - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
(1886-), king of Spain, son of Alphonso XII., was born, after his father's death, on the 17th of May 1886.
As the king and queen were returning from the wedding they narrowly escaped assassination in a bomb explosion, which killed and injured many bystanders and members of the royal procession.
An heir to the throne was born on the Loth of May 1907, and received the name of Alphonso.
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 Alphonso XII - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He assumed the title of Alphonso XII.; for although no king of united Spain had previously borne the name, the Spanish monarchy was regarded as continuous with the more ancient monarchy, represented by the eleven kings of Leon and Castile already referred to.
In 1881 the king refused to sanction the law by which the ministers were to remain in office for a fixed term of eighteen months, and upon the consequent resignation of Canovas del Castillo, he summoned Sagasta, the Liberal leader, to form a cabinet.
Alphonso died of phthisis on the 24th of November 1885.
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 Alfonso XIII of Spain
Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 - February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth.
A Serene Highness by birth, Ena, as she was known, was raised to Royal Highness status a month before her wedding to prevent the union from being viewed as unequal, or morganatic.
As Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena were returning from the wedding they narrowly escaped assassination in a bomb explosion, which killed and injured many bystanders and members of the royal procession.
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 The Damon and Taber Family Connections - Person Page 11241
     Alphonso XII (of Spain) was born in 1857 in, Spain.
Alphonso XII (of Spain) married Archduchess Maria Christina (of Austria), daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand (of Austria) and Archduchess Elizabeth (of Austria), in 1879.
Alphonso XII (of Spain) died on 25 November 1885 in, Spain.
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 Spanish Royal Family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don Carlos is also the senior heir of Infanta Doña Maria de las Mercedes, the eldest sister of King Alphonso XIII of Spain who was heiress presumptive to the throne for her entire life.
(Alphonso XIII was born months after his father's death, if he had been a girl Maria de las Mercedes would have become Queen.
Alphonso's first child was not born until after his sister's death.) Don Carlos' father, Don Alphonso de Borbón-Dos Sicilies (who was heir presumptive to the Spanish Throne from 1904-08), and King Juan Carlos of Spain's mother were siblings.
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 Spanish Gold Coins
Alphonso XIII was one of the youngest monarchs ever to be portrayed on a coin.
Obverse of 1877 Spanish 25 Pesetas of Alphonso XII
Obverse of 1896 Spanish 20 Pesetas of Alphonso XIII
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 The Damon and Taber Family Connections - Person Page 11953
     Alphonso XIII (of Spain) was born on 17 May 1886 in, Spain.
Alphonso XIII (of Spain) married Victoria Eugenia (of Battenberg), daughter of Henry (of Battenburg) and Beatrice Mary Victoria (of Saxe-Coburg), on 9 March 1906 in, Spain.
Alphonso XIII (of Spain) died on 28 February 1941 in, Portugal, at age 54.
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 Alfonso XIII of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 – February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth.
His mother, Queen Maria Christina of Austria, was appointed regent during his minority.
Sir Charles Petrie: King Alfonso XIII and His Age (London, 1963).
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 Patrick Cleburne
His manifesto, addressed to his brother Alphonso, pamesake of his rival, Aiphonso XII., found an echo in the fanatical priesthood and peasantry of many provinces of the Peninsula, but little support among the more enlightened middle classes, especially in the towns.
The first was when he was invited to unfurl his flag on the death of Alphonso XII., when the perplexities and uncertainties of Castilian politics reached a climax during the first year of a long minority under a foreign queen-regent.
The second was at the close of the war with the United States and after the loss of the colonies, when the discontent was so widespread that the Carlists were able to assure their prince that many Spaniards looked upon his cause as the one untried solution of the national difficulties.
www.futura-dtp.dk /SLAG/Personer/NavneD/DonCarlos7.htm   (780 words)

  
 The P.O.U.M. in Spain
Alphonso XIII and his forces are clearly reactionary in that sense of the word since they rested state power upon the old feudal grandees and a system of production that was stifling Spain.
To draw an historical analogy: It might be said that the present Madrid government stands to Alphonso XIII as the French Revolitionary government stood to Louis XVI.
On the one hand there was the regular government, successor to Alphonso XIII, which was elected when the Republic was founded: on the other hand, there were the mighty trade unions and other working class organizations that began to speak for themselves.
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 Battenberg - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The third son, Henry Maurice, was born in 1858, and married on the 23rd of July 1885 Beatrice, youngest daughter of Victoria, queen of England.
He died at sea on the 10th of January 1896 when returning from active service with the British troops during the Ashanti War, and left three sons and a daughter, Victoria Eugenie, who was married in 1906 to Alphonso XIII., king of Spain.
The fourth son, Francis Joseph, born in 1861, married in 1897 Anna, daughter of Nicholas I., prince of Montenegro, and is the author of Die volkswirtschaftliche Entwickelung Bulgariens von 1879 bis zur Gegenwart (Leipzig, 1891).
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His manifesto, addressed to his brother Alphonso, namesake of his rival, Alphonso XII., found an echo in the fanatical priesthood and peasantry of many provinces of the Peninsula, but little support among the more enlightened middle classes, especially in the towns.
The first rising was started in Catalonia by the brother of the pretender, who himself entered Spain by way of Vera, in the Basque provinces, on the 21st of May 1872.
His great disappointment was the coldness towards him of Pope Leo XIII., and the favour shown by that pontiff for Alphonso XII.
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 RoyaList Online - Royal Genealogy - Alphonso XIII, King of Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Alphonso Leon Ferdinand Santiago Maria Isidro Pasquale Anthony
Marie-Christine of Austria (wife of Alphonso XII of Spain)
Alphonso was forced to flee Spain in 1931 and remained in exile until his death in 1941.
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 CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRIS... - Online Information article about CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRIS...
After some negotiations between the two courts and governments it was agreed that the archduchess Elizabeth and her daughter should meet Alphonso XIL at See also:
During her husband's lifetime the young queen kept studiously apart from politics, so much so that her inexperience caused much anxiety in November 1885, when she was called upon to take the arduous duties of regent.
King Alphonso XIIL, the Austrian queen-regent acted in a way that obliged even the adversaries of the throne and the See also:
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 Alphonso XIII Article, AlphonsoXIII Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A Serene Highness by birth, Ena, asshe was known, was raised to Royal Highness status a month before her wedding to prevent the union from being viewed as unequal,or morganatic.
As Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena were returning from the weddingthey narrowly escaped assassination in a bomb explosion, which killed and injured manybystanders and members of the royal procession.
The king also had three illegitimate children, Roger Leveque de Vilmorin (1905-1980), by French aristocrat Mélanie de Gaufridyde Dortan; Leandro Alfonso Ruiz Moragas (born in 1929), officially recognized by Spanishcourts on May 21, 2003 as Leandro Alfonso de Borbón Ruiz, son of the King; and his sister Ana María Teresa Ruiz Moragas.
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 Alphonso Hotel Seville Spain, alphonso hotel seville spain resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Their daughter, Princess Maria, married Prince Juan, Count of Barcelona, son of King Alphonso XIII and Queen Victoria-Eugenie of Spain...
on Alphonso VIII of Castile at Alarcos in 1195.
necklace and robe, opal of Alphonso XII., the Trojan horse...
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 Hispano Suiza Alphonso XIII Roadster - Ultimatecarpage.com - Images, Specifications and Information
After the King Alphonso XIII took the delivery of the first 15T constructed, it was commonly referred to as the Alphonso XIII.
Widely recognized as one of the first true sports cars, the Alphonso broke new grounds for the Spanish manufacturer and established it as a highly respected manufacturer.
Featured is an immaculate Alphonso XIII, owned by Lord Montagu of the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, England.
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 1938: Spain, Civil War In - Archive Article - MSN Encarta
Since the death in Vienna of the aged last Carlist legitimate pretender, the succession to the Spanish throne has been regarded by the Traditionalists as open.
They are said to regard the reaccession of Alphonso XIII as both undesirable and politically impossible but to look with favor on the candidacy of Alphonso's younger son, Don Juan.
A smaller monarchist group is the Renovacion España which supports the candidacy of Alphonso XIII.
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 Alphonso - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
ALPHONSO, the common English spelling of Affonso, Alonso and Alfonso, which are respectively the Galician, the Leonese and the Castilian forms of Ildefonso (Ildefonsus), the name of a saint and archbishop of Toledo in the 7th century.
The name has been borne by a number of Portuguese and Spanish kings, who are distinguished collectively below.
This page was last modified 08:08, 30 Aug 2006.
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 Royal Wedding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Over the years the Palace began to fall into neglect, a situation which was perpetuated until the reign of Alphonso XII.
He undertook the reconditioning of the Palace so that it could serve as a residence for Lady Cristina de Habsburg in the days prior to their wedding.
During Alphonso XIII's reign, Lady Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg resided there before she married the King.
www.munimadrid.es /principal/monograficos/boda/escenarios_elpardo_en.htm   (611 words)

  
 Riding Holidays
At the beginning of the XXth century, in 1905, the Sierra de Gredos became of interest when King Alphonso XIII created the Gredos hunting reserve, to protect the Capra Pyrenaica Victoriae - the wild Spanish ibex.
Alphonso XIII constructed byways to reach the highest peaks of the Gredos and its main glacialcirque and lagoon (Laguna Grande).
The absence of population in the region of Gredos has contributed in keeping the nature of Gredos intact until the present.
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 Historic Paper
Born in 1886 the son of King Alphonso XII.
A stunning portrait of the young King Alphonso XIII.
The portrait is printed on high quality stock and measure 26cms x 35cms (10 inches x 14 inches) with wide margins all round and is in good condition.
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 Spanish 5 Peseta Silver Crown Coins of Alphonso XIII
Alfonso XIII on Obverse of 1894 Spanish 5 Pesetas
Alfonso III started his regal career at an extremely early age, being proclaimed king at birth on 17th May 1886, his father Alfonso XII having died of tuberculosis on 25th November 1885.
There are two dates on each coin, the larger one being the year of authorisation, and the smaller date, the last two figures of which are shown incuse on the small star to the right of the larger date, is the date of striking.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Francisco Ferrer Guardia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1901 he returned to Spain and opened la Escuela Moderna (The Modern School) to teach middle-class children (then) radical social values.
In 1906 he was arrested on suspicion of involvement with an attack on King Alphonso XIII and released uncharged over a year later.
His school failed and closed while he was incarcerated.
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 Spanish Interests in Morocco
Alphonso XIII is young in years, but he has an old head.
In the final settlement with France the minister of Alphonso XIII may be expected to play his cards well.
Before 1904 the Liberal leaders in Spain were inclined to be opposed to joint action with France in Morocco, while the Conservative leaders generally favored it.
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 Bugatti Royale
By 1932 Bugatti were already famous for making the best sports cars in the world, however the Royale has become one of the most memorable sports-luxury cars in history!
The name Royale was given to help the car appeal to the rich and famous, and amoung the few that could afford to buy the car was King Alphonso XIII of Spain.
Unquestionably the "Granddest" car ever made - weighing in excess of 3 tons and powered by a 13-litre straight-8 engine which derived from an aeroplane (the engine being so strong that it was later converted for train use).
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He was born on January 5, 1938 in Rome.
His grandfather, Alphonso XIII, had given up the throne of Spain and moved the entire Royal family to Rome.
In 1948 Juan Carlos returned to Spain to begin his education.
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 Spain and Civil War
Elections in April 1931 gave republicans a majority in parliament.
A republican government was formed, and King Alphonso fled to France.
The new republican government was unable to prevent continued economic decline.
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 Stamps of Fernando Po- Fernando Poo- Stamp Catalog: Regular Issues
Issues of 1896-8: King Alfonso XIII infant, overprinted 5 Cen.
Issues of 1900: King Alphonso XIII dated 1900
Issues of 1908: King Alphonso XIII dated 1907 overprinted
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