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Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I , 1938-, king of Spain (1975-), b. Rome. The grandson of Alfonso XIII , he was educated in Switzerland and in Spain. Placed by his father, Don Juan de Borbón, under the care of Francisco Franco as a possible successor, he graduated from Spain's three military academies and re... Read more
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso XIII 1886-1941, king of Spain (1886-1931), posthumous son and successor of Alfonso XII. His mother, Maria Christina (1858-1929), was regent until 1902. In 1906, Alfonso married Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg, granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. An attempt was... Read more
Spain
Spain Span. España , officially Kingdom of Spain, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 40,341,000), 194,884 sq mi (504,750 sq km), including the Balearic and Canary islands, SW Europe. It consists of the Spanish mainland (190,190 sq mi/492,592 sq km), which occupies the major part of the... Read more
Alfonso XII
Alfonso XII 1857-85, king of Spain (1874-85), son of Isabella II . He went into exile with his parents at the time of the revolt of the Carlists in 1868 and was educated in Austria and England. In 1870 his mother abdicated her rights in his favor, and in 1874 he was proclaimed king. Supported by... Read more
Almoravids
Almoravids , Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Muslim Spain in the 11th and 12th cent. The Almoravids may have originated in what is now Mauritania . The real founder was Abd Allah ibn Yasin, who by military force converted a number of Saharan tribes to his own reformed religion and then... Read more
Amadeus
Amadeus 1845-90, king of Spain (1870-73), duke of Aosta, son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. After the expulsion (1868) of Queen Isabella II , Juan Prim urged the Cortes to elect Amadeus as king. He accepted the crown reluctantly. Just before the new king arrived in Spain, Prim was assassinated.... Read more
Bourbon
Bourbon , European royal family, originally of France; a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. One branch of the Bourbons occupies the modern Spanish throne, and other branches ruled the Two Sicilies and Parma. It takes its name from the now ruined castle of Bourbon, at Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier... Read more
Battenberg
Battenberg , German princely family, issued from the morganatic union of Alexander, a younger son of Louis II, grand duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Countess Julia von Hauke, who was created (1858) princess of Battenberg. Their oldest son, Louis (1854-1921), an admiral in the British navy, married a gr... Read more
University of Salamanca
University of Salamanca at Salamanca, Spain; founded 1218 by Alfonso IX of León, reorganized 1254 by Alfonso X of Castile and León. It has faculties of philosophy, philology, geography and history, sciences, economic sciences, psychology, chemistry, biology, fine arts, law, medicine, ... Read more
Moors
Moors nomadic people of the northern shores of Africa, originally the inhabitants of Mauretania. They were chiefly of Berber and Arab stock. In the 8th cent. the Moors were converted to Islam and became fanatic Muslims. They spread SW into Africa (see Mauritania ) and NW into Spain. Under Tarik i... Read more

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Alfonso XIII
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Alfonso XIII Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) was king of Spain from 1886 to 1931. His troubled reign was characterized by violent class conflict, political instability, and dictatorship. Alfonso was born in Madrid on May 17, 1886, 6 months after...
Spain
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...the restoration of the Bourbons in 1813. Many of Spain's New World colonies gained independence. The...republic preceded a second Bourbon restoration under Alfonso XII and Alfonso XIII . Spain remained neutral during World War I. In 1923...
Spanish Civil War
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...Spanish Civil War. In 1931 King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886–1941) was deposed...recognized as the government of Spain by Germany and Italy which provided...Communist civilian leaders in Spain learnt a great deal which was put...
Honduras
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...340 km (1,454 mi), of which 820 km (509 mi) is coastline. Under the terms of an arbitration award made by Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1906, Honduras received a portion of the Mosquito (Miskito) Coast, or La Mosquitia, north and west of the...
hemophilia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...to check the hemophilia of the czarina's son was the basis of his hold over her and the czar. The family of Alfonso XIII of Spain, who married another granddaughter of Victoria, was also affected.
Battenberg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...third son, Henry, married Beatrice, daughter of Queen Victoria of England; their daughter, Victoria, married Alfonso XIII of Spain. Bibliography: See A. Hatch, The Mountbattens (1965); E. Spiro, From Battenberg to Mountbatten (1966...
Alfonso XII
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Alfonso XII 1857-85, king of Spain (1874-85), son of Isabella II . He went into exile with his parents at the time of the...Maria Christina (1858-1929), was regent during the minority of his posthumous son, Alfonso XIII.
Juan Carlos I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Carlos I (born 1938), proclaimed king of Spain on November 22, 1975, played an instrumental...on January 5, 1938. His grandfather, Alfonso XIII, had been king of Spain from 1902 to 1931, after which Spain became a republic. With the emergence...
Juan Carlos
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Juan Carlos (1938– ) King of Spain (1975– ), grandson of Alfonso XIII . In 1975, Juan Carlos succeeded General Franco and set about the democratization of Spanish society. Juan survived an attempted...
Rulers of Spain since 1474
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Rulers of Spain since 1474 Rulers of Spain since 1474 (including dates of reign) Union...prime minister, 1873-74 Bourbon Restoration Alfonso XII, son of Isabella II, 1874-85 Alfonso XIII, son of Alfonso XII, 1886-1931 Second Republic...

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Alfonso XIII
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Alfonso XIII (1886–1941) King of Spain (1886–1931). Alfonso ruled under the regency of his mother until 1902, during which time Spain lost her colonial possessions in the Philippines...
Juan Carlos I
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...b. 5 Jan. 1938). King of Spain 1975– Born in Rome, he was the grandson of King Alfonso XIII , who had left Spain without abdicating on 14 April 1931. In 1947, Franco defined Spain as a monarchy without determining...
Spain
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Spain Nineteenth-century Spain was marked by an inability...of the early death of Alfonso XII (b. 1857, d. 1885) and the infancy of Alfonso XIII . The tensions of the...compensate for this, Spain tried to conquer territory...
Franco (Bahamonde), Francisco
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...until 1931, when Alfonso XIII abdicated and was...from Morocco into Spain to attack Madrid...became dictator of Spain (1939). In 1937...grandson of Alfonso XIII, as his successor...throne. On his death Spain returned to a democratic...
Carlist
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...1788–1855) and his descendants to the throne of Spain. Don Carlos's religious orthodoxy and belief in the divine...Franco overcame Carlist objections and named the grandson of Alfonso XIII, Juan Carlos, as his successor.

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¿Quién será la futura reina de España? (encuesta en 1905 de periódico ABC acertó la decisión de Alfonso XIII; España)(TT: Who will be the future Queen of Spain?) (TA: 1905 poll by newspaper ABC correctly predicted Alfonso XIII's decision; Spain)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 10/27/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...encuesta de ABC acert la decisin de Alfonso XIII Rumores, cbalas y conjeturas en...elegida por su bisabuelo, el Rey Alfonso XIII. Ya entonces, el continuo goteo...eleccin de novia por parte del rey Alfonso XIII. La columna, en primera, firmada...
DEL ALFONSO XIII F.C. A LA SUPERCOPA.(Club Deportivo Mallorca, Spain)(TT: Since Alfonso XIII F.C. to the Supercoup.)(TA: Club Deportivo Mallorca, Spain)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 3/8/1999; 700+ words ; ...marzo de 1916 con el nombre de Alfonso XIII Ftbol Club, hasta la conquista...1916. Entonces adopt el nombre de Alfonso XIII Club de Ftbol. Veinte das despus...junio de ese mismo ao, el Rey Alfonso XIII honraba al equipo que llevaba su...
Nietos de la República. (presentación en España de libro dedicado al rey Alfonso XIII)(TT: Grandchildren of the Republic) (TA: presentation in Spain of book dedicated to King Alfonso XIII)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 4/7/1997; 365 words ; ...la II Repblica estuvieron presentes, de una u otra forma, en la presentacin del libro El Rey perjuro, dedicado a Alfonso XIII y que ha escrito Rafael Borrs. Dos dieron su testimonio mediante textos escritos: un nieto de Antonio Maura y el otro...
Historias de un imperio harapiento: la guerra de Marruecos (1909-1927) fue el Vietnam de la juventud española y una espoleta que dinamitó el régimen de Alfonso XIII. Un episodio tan crucial como poco recordado, que Lorenzo Silva y Fernando Marías, los dos últimos ganadores del Planeta, rescatan de la niebla del olvido.(TT: History of a sorry empire: the War of Morocco (1909 -1927) was Spain's Vietnam and the fall of Alfonso XIII. A crusial episode very little remembered, Lorenzo Silva and Fernando Marias, the last winners of El Planeta award, bring it back from past.)(Reseña)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 5/27/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...captulo tan importante en la historia de Espaa est prcticamente olvidado. "Aquellos hechos provocaron la cada del rey Alfonso XIII y la llegada de la Segunda Repblica, y fuero los militares africanistas los que dieron el golpe de julio del 36. Y...
Hotel Alfonso XIII Seville
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/8/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...the role envisaged by King Alfonso when he drew up its plans...Seville is here. LOCATION Hotel Alfonso XIII, San Fernando 2, Seville, Spain (00 34 95 491 7000; www...worked sits to the right of the Alfonso. Palacio de San Telmo is...
Chocolates from the king of Spain
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/11/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...incorrigible, insufferable and intolerably conceited, but even more who fell hopelessly under his spell. King Alfonso XIII of Spain is said to have been so charmed that he kissed him, popped a chocolate into his mouth and cried "You darling...
holidays: SUN, SEA AND SANTANDER; Don't miss Spain's hidden gem.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England); 3/11/2007; 700+ words ; ...learned his trade. On the hillside, set in acres of pretty parkland, is the Royal Palace of LaMagdalena. King Alfonso XIII of Spain, who married Queen Victoria's granddaughter Victoria Eugenie, spent his summers here entertaining heads of...
The complete guide to chateaux, paradores & pousadas Bored with run-of-the-mill hotels? Suffering from delusions of grandeur and want to discover the aristocrat within? Fancy swanning around a magnificent castle for a few days, exploring a medieval walled town, waking up in a room that overlooks vineyards and orchards, or relaxing in the cloisters of a 16th-century monastery? Then turn to the historic homes of Spain, Portugal and France. By Lucy Gillmore
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/31/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...differences - chateaux in France, paradores in Spain and pousadas in Portugal - the paradores...friends" rather than guests. In 1926, King Alfonso XIII of Spain came up with the idea of restoring Spain's palaces, fortresses, convents and monasteries...
Spain's tribulations; From Franco's dictatorship to a democracy.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/15/2006; 700+ words ; ...student attending the University of Madrid in Spain. I lived in a pension (boarding house) near...Prince Don Juan de Borbon, who was the son of Alfonso XIII, the last king of Spain. Alfonso had left in 1931 when the brief Spanish republic...
The king who kept his head Hugh Thomas on a Life of Juan Carlos, the king who survived a coup and took Spain from dictatorship to democracy
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/2/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...a terrifying moment when Spain's democratic politicians...Carlos's grandfather, King Alfonso XIII, suddenly abandoned the throne of Spain in 1931, following the victory...argue that the weakness of Alfonso's regime was that it had...