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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

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

They walked down to Alfonso XII Street and went into the Retiro; when they had gone as far as the end of the carriage drive they sat down on a bench.

From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac