• Alfonso XIII as a cadet; by Manuel García Hispaleto. Alfonso XIII was born at the Royal Palace of Madrid on 17 May 1886.
  • King Alfonso XIII of Spain was the Spanish sovereign from his birth on May 17, 1886, until the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic on April 14, 1931.
  • Today we are resolved on moderation, but, on the other hand, we shall not shrink from bloodshed. (2) King Alfonso XIII, statement (14th April 1931).
  • Alfonso XIII was a Spanish king (1902–31) who by authorizing a military dictatorship hastened his own deposition by advocates of the Second Republic.
  • They say some figures are born to rule. In the case of Alfonso XIII, he was actually even ruling before he was born—from inside the womb.
  • Alfonso XIII was born King of Spain, with his father Alfonso XII having died during the pregnancy, though his mother Maria Christina of Austria was regent...
  • Diario de las sesiones de Cortes: Senado: Sesión Regia, celebrada el día 17 de Mayo de 1902, con ocasión de recibir las Cortes á S.M. el Rey Don Alfonso XIII el...
  • King Alfonso XIII was the last king of Spain before the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic and the following Spanish Civil War (Petrie, 1963).
  • Alfonso XIII of Spain was born on 17 May 1886, in Madrid, Kingdom of Spain, as the posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain.