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unusual facts about Alfonso XII


Alfonso XII-class cruiser

She was immobilized by boiler trouble at Santiago de Cuba when the Spanish-American War began, and was trapped there along with the squadron of Vice Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete.


Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera

He took part in the revolution of 1868, wrote the Manifesto of Cadiz, took office as colonial minister, favored the candidature of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, resigned in 1871, returned to his early conservative principles, and was a member of Alfonso XII's first cabinet.

François Achille Bazaine

By midsummer 1875, Bazaine had settled in Madrid, where he was treated with marked respect by the government of Alfonso XII, who were grateful for Bazaine's conspicuous bravery as a young Foreign Legion Officer in the Carlist War.

Plaza Mayor, Madrid

In 1873, the name changed to "Plaza de la República", and then back to "Plaza de la Constitución" from the restoration of Alfonso XII in 1876 to the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera in 1922.

Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain

The Royal Patronages were the Royal Convent of the Salesas Reales, the Royal Convent of Las Descalzas Reales, the Royal Monastery of Saint Isabel, the Royal Convent of Santa Clara in Tordesillas, the Royal Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, the Royal Hospital of the Good Event of Madrid where it had his residence the “Procapellán” and the Royal Colleges of Alfonso XII and Maria Christina of Austria in El Escorial.


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Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza

In 1907 he won the Exposición Internacional de Barcelona (international exposition of Barcelona), as well as medals in Munich, Buenos Aires and Liège, and was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio, The great Cross of Isabel La Catolica, Great Cross Of Alfonso XII and with the Italian Court medal.

Generation of '98

#The Restoration project of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, was an attempt to create a constitutional monarchy based on the contemporary British Crown which began shortly after Cánovas was appointed prime minister by Alfonso XII in 1874.

María Teresa of Spain

Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain, Princess and Duchess of Bavaria, wife of Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Infante of Spain, daughter of Alfonso XII of Spain and Maria Christina of Austria