Alfonso XIII ( Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Austria-Lorena ; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941 ) was King of Spain from 1886 until 1931.

Bust of Alfonso XIII

On 15 January 1941, Alfonso XIII abdicated his rights to the Spanish throne in favour of his third ( of four ), but second-surviving, son Juan, father of the current King, Juan Carlos.

As Alfonso XIII and Ena were returning from the wedding, they narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by Mateu Morral who threw a bomb from a high window ; instead, the bomb explosion killed or injured many bystanders and members of the Royal procession.

Alfonso XIII appears as " King Buby " in Luis Coloma's story of Ratoncito Pérez ( 1894 ), which was written for the King when he was 8 years old.

The story of Ratoncito Pérez has been adapted into further literary works and movies since then, with the character of Alfonso XIII appearing in some.

Alfonso XIII is also mentioned on the plaque to Ratoncito Pérez on the second floor of " la calle del Arenal ".

King Alfonso XIII and His Age.

* Pilapil, Vicente R. Alfonso XIII.

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As Pope Martin V supported Sforza, Alfonso switched religious allegiance to the Aragonese antipope Benedict XIII.

* Alfonso XIII of Spain-( 1886 – 1931 )

* Alfonso Sanz y Martínez de Arizala ( 28 January 1880, Madrid – 1970 ), married in 1922 to María de Guadalupe de Limantour y Mariscal ( d. 1977, Marbella ), daughter of Julio de Limantour y Marquet ( 17 June 1863, Mexico City – 11 October 1909, Mexico City ) and wife Elena Mariscal y ..., paternal granddaughter of French Joseph Yves de Limantour y Rence de la Pagame ( 1812, Ploemeur – 1885, Mexico City ) and wife Adèle Marquet y Cabannes ( 1820, Bordeaux –?

* May 17 – King Alfonso XIII of Spain ( d. 1941 )

* June 17 – at the Battle of Cutanda, the Aragonese troops of Alfonso I crush the Almoravid army.

* 1287 – January 17 – King Alfonso III of Aragon captures the island of Minorca from the Moors.

Alfonso XIII was born on 17 May 1886 after the death of his father.

An Aragonese invasion, led by Alfonso III, came on 17 January 1287 ; its anniversary is now celebrated as Minorca's national day.

* 17 ) Fernando Alfonso de León ( ca.

The first line of the Madrid metro opened on 17 October 1919 under the direction of the Compañía de Metro Alfonso XIII, with 8 stations and.

When she was 14 years old, before 17 September 1177, she was married to King Alfonso VIII of Castile in Burgos.

Fürstenberg's first husband, whom she married at Venice, Italy, on 17 September 1955, was Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg ( 1924 – 2003 ), who founded the Marbella Club, the Spanish resort.

Alfonso Reyes Ochoa ( 17 May 1889, Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959, Mexico City ) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat.

* June 17, 2006 – The Nationals overcome a deficit of seven runs against the New York Yankees and beat the Yankees by blowing Yankees closing pitcher Mariano Rivera's save in the bottom of the eighth inning with Alfonso Soriano's steals and José Guillén's triple and Ryan Zimmerman's single in front of a sellout crowd of 45, 085 fans.

* Alfonso Gesualdo ( 17 August 1579-5 December 1580 )

Michael Lee Alfonso ( January 24, 1965 – February 17, 2007 ), better known by his ring name Mike Awesome, was an American professional wrestler best known in America for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and in World Wrestling Federation and also in Japan for his work with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling under the name The Gladiator.

Infanta María de las Mercedes of Spain ( María de las Mercedes Isabel Teresa Cristina Alfonsa Jacinta ) ( Madrid, 11 September 1880 – Madrid, 17 October 1904 ), Princess of the Asturias, for all 24 years of her life the heiress presumptive to the Crown of Spain, was the eldest daughter of King Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria.

By the time of Alfonso IX of León, in the 13th century, the municipality begins to be developed and repopulated, being in 17 October 1270, when the King Alfonso X The Wise conceded the document which requires the population establishes in Buetes.

Leonardo Lazaro Cárdenas Alfonso ( born December 17, 1938 ) was a right-handed batting Major League Baseball player.

1929 portrait of King Alfonso XIIIOn 31 May 1906, at the Royal Monastery of San Geronimo in Madrid, Alfonso married Scottish-born Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg ( 1887 – 1969 ), a niece of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

* Leandro Alfonso Luis Ruíz y Moragas ( born 26 April 1929 ), officially recognized by Spanish Courts on 21 May 2003 as Leandro Alfonso Luis de Borbón y Ruíz Moragas

When Sforza also abandoned Louis, Alfonso seemed to have all his problems solved ; however, his relationship with Joan suddenly worsened, and in May 1423 he had her lover, and a powerful figure in the Neapolitan court, Gianni Caracciolo, arrested.

However, El Cid's unauthorized expedition into Granada greatly angered Alfonso, and May 8, 1080, was the last time El Cid confirmed a document in King Alfonso's court.

* May 13 – Alfonso XIII of Spain begins his reign.

* May 26 – Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in the Cathedral of Leon as Imperator totius Hispaniae, " Emperor of All the Spains ".

* May 5 – Alfonso V, king of León and Galicia

* May 28 – Peter I becomes King of Portugal after the death of his father, Alfonso IV.

* May 8 – Alfonso VI of Castile marries Constance of Burgundy.

* May 25 – Alfonso VI of Castile enters the Islamic city of Toledo, Spain, and invites French knights to settle the central plateau of Spain.

Alfonso XIII was declared of age in 1902 and he married Victoria Eugénie Julia Ena of Battenberg, the granddaughter of the British queen Victoria, on 31 May 1906.

In May 1289 he crowned King Charles II of Naples and Sicily after the latter had expressly recognized papal suzerainty, and in February 1291 concluded a treaty with Kings Alfonso III of Aragon and Philip IV of France looking toward the expulsion of James II of Aragon from Sicily.

* Alfonso Navarro: assassinated 11 May 1977 ;

Alfonso X ( 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284 ), called the Wise (), was the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death.

In late May 2006, Agapito Iglesias bought Alfonso Solans ' shares and took control of the club, promising to build one of the strongest teams in Spain and Europe.

In May 1339 he allied with Alfonso XI of Castile against Morocco, but his contribution of a fleet had no effect at the pivotal Battle of the Saulty River ( October 1340 ).

At the end of May the situation in Castile had grown perilous for Berengaria, so she decided to take refuge in the castle of Autillo de Campos, which was held by Gonzalo Rodríguez Girón ( one of her allies ) and sent her son Ferdinand to the court of León and his father, Alfonso IX.

In May 1907 Alfonso XIII of Spain granted the club the ' Real ' ( royal ) denomination.