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Alfonso XII

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noun

  1. 1857–85, king of Spain 1874–85.


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Due to the exile caused by dictators, republics, civil war and bad behavior in Spain’s tumultuous modern history, not a single Spanish monarch has died on home soil since Alfonso XII in 1885.

From Washington Times ● May 4, 2023

Spanish King Alfonso XII claimed the jungle as a 19th-century royal preserve.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2018

It was a gift from King Alfonso XII of Spain to his wife, the Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, to mark their wedding in 1879.

From Reuters ● Apr. 9, 2015

Last year she was given the order of Alfonso XII, conferred also for artistic distinction.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sixty years of disorders had led to a solid result, Alfonso XII came back as a constitutional king.

From Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

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