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 …

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.

When Alfonso XIII, at the age of sixteen, acceded to the throne in May 1902, the government was presided over by Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, the elderly leader of the Liberal Party, one of the two parties in power together with the Conservative Party.

Alfonso XIII of Spain, also known as El Africano, was the King of Spain from his birth in 1886 until the establishment of the Second Republic in 1931. The posthumous son of Alfonso XII, he grew up alongside two elder sisters under the regency of their mother, María Cristina.

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.

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 became increasingly autocratic and in 1909 was condemned for ordering the execution of the radical leader, Ferrer Guardia, in Barcelona. He also prevented liberal reforms being introduced before the First World War .

(1886–1941). Thirteen rulers of Spain have borne the name Alfonso. 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.

2024年8月26日 · King of Spain: Reign 17 May 1886 – 14 April 1931. Predecessor: Alfonso XII Successor: Juan Carlos I in 1975. Alfonso XIII was King of Spain from 1886 until the proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931. Alfonso was monarch from birth as his father, Alfonso XII, had died the previous year.

2018年1月18日 · At midnight, on April 16, 1931, the train carrying the former king of Spain, Alfonso XIII, pulled into the train station in Paris. Two days earlier, Alfonso had abdicated the throne and had come to France to live in exile.