Alfonso XIII
1886 - 1931
The last of three sons born to Alfonso XII (1857-1885) and his second wife, the Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1858-1929), Alfonso XIII was King at birth, due to his father's death on 25th November 1885. His mother, Queen Maria Christina ruled as Regent of Spain until 1902. The education of the child King was supervised by General Sanchiz and he was placed in the charge of, among others, the Jesuit priest José Fernández Montaña and the prestigious jurist Vicente Santamaría Paredes, who was his teacher of Constitutional Law. The King was proclaimed of age after he swore allegiance to the Constitution on 17th May 1902. On 31st May 1906, he was married to Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969), granddaughter of Queen Victoria I of England......
