Alfonso XII
Americannoun
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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
Came the day when the young man was triumphantly crowned as Alfonso XII and Isabella, henceforth bound to more conventional behavior, sadly said goodbye to her lover.
From Time Magazine Archive
Isabel in Paris abdicated in his favor, and in 1875 Alfonso XII returned to his native land.
From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle
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