Royalty · 1886–1941

Alfonso XIII

King of Spain who reigned from the day of his birth

Did you know?He was the grandfather of King Juan Carlos I, who eventually restored the Spanish monarchy decades after Alfonso was exiled.

Alfonso XIII (Spanish: Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena; French: Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African for his Africanist views, was King of Spain from his…

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Age at death: 54
Years since death: 85

Born: May 17, 1886 · Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain
Died: February 28, 1941
Cause of death: Angina pectoris
Nationality: Spanish
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Father: Alfonso XII of Spain
Mother: Maria Christina of Austria
Spouse: Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
Children: Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Fernando de Borbón y Battenberg, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Infante Gonzalo of Spain, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Leandro de Borbón, Roger Marie Vincent Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin, Teresa de Borbón y Ruiz

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