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unusual facts about Alfonso XIII



Battle of Annual

Popular opinion widely placed the blame for the disaster upon King Alfonso XIII, who according to several sources had encouraged Silvestre's irresponsible penetration to positions far from Melilla without having adequate defenses in his rear.

Casimir Zeglen

It saved the life Alfonso XIII, the King of Spain - his carriage was covered with Szczepanik's bulletproof armour when a bomb exploded near it.

España-class battleship

Following disastrous losses in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain lacked the money to rebuild its navy, so it was not until the Navy Law of 7 January 1908 that a new program authorizing three new battleships—España, Alfonso XIII, and Jaime I—along with other ships, was passed.

Eugenio Vegas Latapie

A founder member of Acción Española, Vegas Latapié was noted for his extreme monarchism to the point that he lost faith variously in Alfonso XIII, his son Juan and grandson Juan Carlos, to whom he was a tutor, as he felt that they were not monarchist enough.

Liudvikas Jakavičius

It is worth mentioning that in our days the Jakavičius – Grimalauskas Dynasty continuing related with European nobility and monarchy, proof of that was the relationsship as "fiance" of Marcia Bell and HRH Gonzalo de Borbón y Dampierre, Duke of Aquitaine and grandson of Spanish monarchs Alfonso XIII & Queen Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (also granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom).

Ramon Casas i Carbó

In Querol's studio, he executed an equestrian portrait of the king, Alfonso XIII, which was soon purchased by the American collector Charles Deering, who, over the next few years would commission or purchase several of Casas paintings.


see also

Antonio Maura

When he was Prime Minister during the reign of Alfonso XIII, he spent summers at the estate of Can Mossenya, historically part of the Valldemossa Charterhouse in Majorca.

Brigade de la Légion Rey Alfonso XIII

The Legion Brigade "King Alfonso XIII" (BILREG) is a regiment of the Spanish Legion comprising 2 tercios with elements in Viator (Almeria) and Ronda (Malaga)

Juan III

Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913–1993), third surviving son and designated heir of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg

Morral

Mateu Morral, Catalan anarchist who tried to assassinate Alfonso XIII of Spain

Ratoncito Pérez

The story details how Ratoncito Pérez cunningly misleads any cats in the vicinity who may be lurking, and includes his interaction with King Buby (Queen Maria Christina's nickname for Alfonso XIII).