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Alfonso XIII of Spain: from Empire to Republic
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Ice Torch
May 24, 2011, 10:36:20 AM5/24/11
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Alfonso XIII of Spain was one of a select band of monarchs whose
numismatic portraits showed him from childhood onwards. He was
proclaimed King at his birth in 1886 and reigned from 1886 until 1931,
when he fled the throne. The Spanish-American War of 1898 saw Spain
lose some of her overseas possessions to the USA: Puerto Rico, Cuba
and the Philippines. And Alfonso was the last king before the Spanish
Civil War and the rise of General Franco.
numismatic portraits showed him from childhood onwards. He was
proclaimed King at his birth in 1886 and reigned from 1886 until 1931,
when he fled the throne. The Spanish-American War of 1898 saw Spain
lose some of her overseas possessions to the USA: Puerto Rico, Cuba
and the Philippines. And Alfonso was the last king before the Spanish
Civil War and the rise of General Franco.
To see the coins that portrayed him as he grew from baby to man, click
on the link below:
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,9799.0.html
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