The Restoration or Bourbon Restoration was the period in Spanish history between the First Spanish Republic and the Second Spanish Republic from 1874 to 1931. It began on 29 December 1874, after a pro
Portrait of King Alfonso XII. Oil on canvas by Enrique Estevan y Vicente (1889), Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain.
Portrait of King Alfonso XIII in uniform, displaying the badges of the Order of Santiago and Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand. Oil on canvas by Víctor Morelli Sánchez-Gil (1910), Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
Photograph of General Miguel Primo de Rivera (March 1930). Berlin, Bundesarchiv, Germany.
Alfonso XIII, also known as El Africano or the African for his Africanist views, was King of Spain from his birth until 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He became a mona
Restoration (Spain)
…dictatorship of General Miguel Primo de Rivera in 1923, an event that succeeded by means of both a military coup d'état and the acquiescence of King Alfonso XIII. It took the protracted political turmoil in the wake of economic depression, caused by the aftermath of the First World War, and the Spanish defeat…
Alfonso XIII as a cadet; by Manuel García Hispaleto
The Nine Sovereigns at Windsor for the funeral of King Edward VII, photographed on 20 May 1910. Standing, from left to right: Haakon VII of Norway, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Manuel II of Portugal, Wilhelm II of Germany, George I of Greece and Albert I of Belgium. Seated, from left to right: Alfonso XIII of Spain, George V of the United Kingdom and Frederick VIII of Denmark.
Photograph taken moments after the assassination attempt on Alfonso and Victoria Eugenie on their wedding day