Alfonso XIII of Spain

Alfonso XIII
Photograph by Kaulak, 1916
King of Spain (more...)
Reign	Template:Start and end date
Enthronement	17 May 1902
Predecessor	Alfonso XII
Successor	Monarchy abolished Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (President of Spain, 1931) Juan Carlos I (1975)
Regent	Queen Maria Christina
Born	(1886-05-17)17 May 1886 Royal Palace, Madrid, Spain
Died	Template:Dda Rome, Italy
Spouse	Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (m 1906)
Issue	Alfonso, Prince of Asturias Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia Infanta Beatriz, Princess of Civitella-Cesi Infanta María Cristina, Countess Marone Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona Infante Gonzalo
Full name
Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena
House	Bourbons of Spain
Father	Alfonso XII of Spain
Mother	Maria Christina of Austria
Burial	Pantheon of Kings, El Escorial
Signature
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Alfonso XIII' of Spain (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alfonso XII, had died the previous year. Alfonso's mother, Maria Christina of Austria, served as regent until he assumed full powers on his sixteenth birthday in 1902.

Issue

1. Infante Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias (10 May 1907 – 6 September 1938) married twice but had no issue.
2. Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (23 June 1908 – 20 March 1975) married twice and had issue.
3. Infanta Beatriz of Spain (22 June 1909 – 22 November 2002) married Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi and had issue.
4. Infante Fernando of Spain (21 May 1910) stillborn.
5. Infanta María Cristina of Spain (12 December 1911 – 23 December 1996) married Enrico Marone-Cinzano, 1st Count Marone and had issue.
6. Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona (20 June 1913 – 1 April 1993) married Princess María de las Mercedes of the Two Sicilies and had issue.
7. Infante Gonzalo of Spain (24 October 1914 – 13 August 1934) died young.

Honours

Spanish honours

• 1,072nd Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1886
• Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, with Collar, 1886
• Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, with Collar, 1927
• Order of Santiago
• Order of Calatrava
• Order of Alcántara
• Order of Montesa
• Maestranza de caballería (Royal Cavalry Armory) of Ronda, Sevilla, Granada, Valencia and Zaragoza
• Founder of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII, 23 May 1902
• Founder of the Order of Civil Merit, 25 June 1926

Foreign honours

• Template:Country data Kingdom of HungaryTemplate:Namespace detect showall Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1900
• Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, 1902
• Template:Country data Czechoslovakia: Collar of the White Lion, 28 April 1925
• Denmark: Knight of the Elephant, 20 July 1901
• Template:Flagcountry: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, January 1903
• Template:Country data Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Black Eagle
• Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1904
• Template:Country data Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 23 August 1910
• Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown
• Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1890
• Kingdom of Italy: Knight of the Annunciation, 20 September 1900
• Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion
• Template:Country data Empire of Japan: Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum, 1930
• Norway: Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 18 April 1911
• Persian Empire: Order of the Aqdas, 1st Class, 16 May 1902 – During his enthronement festivities.
• Kingdom of Portugal: 315th Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword, 1900
• Kingdom of Romania: Grand Cross of the Order of Carol I, with Collar, 1906
• Russian Empire: Knight of St. Andrew, 1902 – During his enthronement festivities.
• Siam: Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 18 October 1897
• Sweden: Knight of the Seraphim, 16 May 1902 – King Oscar II of Sweden sent his youngest son, Prince Eugen to represent him at the festivities marking the King's enthronement, and he invested the King as a Knight in a special ceremony.
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  • Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 28 July 1897

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