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
In 1875 Spain, with a sigh of relief, accepted Alfonso XII as King and Infanta Maria Isabel moved back into the rooms which she did not vacate again until last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, was born May 17, 1886, his father, King Alfonso XII, having died nearly six months previous to his birth.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
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