# Alfonso XIII of Spain

> A king from birth who never learned to let go. Alfonso XIII spent three decades trying to hold Spain together through war, assassination attempts, and constitutional crisis - then backed a dictator, lost his bet, and walked into exile the day the republic was declared.

*King of Spain from 1886 to 1931 (1886-1941)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/alfonso-xiii-of-spain

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Spain
- **Born:** 1886-05-17
- **Died:** 1941-02-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Alfonso XIII became King of Spain the moment he was born in 1886, his father having died months earlier. His mother served as regent until he took full powers at sixteen in 1902, four years after Spain's defeat in the Spanish-American War left the country searching for renewal. He married Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg in 1906; a bomb thrown at their wedding carriage missed them both. During World War I, he used his ties to European royalty to maintain Spain's neutrality and worked with the European War Office, earning a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 1917 - the only monarch ever nominated. But his reign unraveled through the 1910s and early 1920s as constitutional order fractured and violence in Morocco spiraled. In 1923, he gave his blessing to General Miguel Primo de Rivera's coup, choosing dictatorship over liberalism. When that regime collapsed, Alfonso withdrew his support in 1930, but the damage held. Municipal elections in April 1931 returned results that amounted to a referendum on the monarchy itself. On 14 April 1931, the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed, and Alfonso left Spain without abdicating.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 65.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.1 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 27.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 3.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454367/ (@nm0454367)

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Spain, #Europe, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **1941** - Died
- **1927** - Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
- **1925** - Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá
- **1925** - Order of the White Lion
- **1905** - Royal Victorian Chain
- **1902** - Knight of the Garter
- **1901** - Knight of the Order of the Elephant
- **1900** - Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword
- **1888** - Knight of the Seraphim
- **1886** - Born

## Sources
- [アルフォンソ13世 (スペイン王)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD13%E4%B8%96_(%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E7%8E%8B))
- [Alfons XIII van Spanje](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_XIII_van_Spanje)
- [Alfons XIII](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_XIII)
- [Альфонсо XIII](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE_XIII)
- [阿方索十三世](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E6%96%B9%E7%B4%A2%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%96)
- [Alphonse XIII](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_XIII)
- [Alfonso XIII di Spagna](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII_di_Spagna)
- [Afonso XIII de Espanha](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_XIII_de_Espanha)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18363)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII_of_Spain)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Alfonso%20XIII%20of%20Spain)
- [Alfonso XIII](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII)
- [Alfons XIII, kralj Španije](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_XIII%2C_kralj_%C5%A0panije)
- [Alfons XIII d'Espanya](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_XIII_d'Espanya)
- [Alfons XIII.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_XIII.)
- [Alfonso XIII, brenin Sbaen](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII%2C_brenin_Sbaen)
- [Alfons 13. af Spanien](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_13._af_Spanien)
- [Alfons XIII.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_XIII.)
- [Αλφόνσος ΙΓ΄ της Ισπανίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CF%86%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%93%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Alfonso XIII](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII)
- [Alfonso la 13-a (Hispanio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_la_13-a_(Hispanio))
- [Alfonso XIII de España](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII_de_Espa%C3%B1a)
- [Alfonso XIII](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII)
- [Alfontso XIII.a Borboikoa (Espainia)](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfontso_XIII.a_Borboikoa_(Espainia))
- [Alfonso XIII](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII_d'Espanya)
- [Wikiquote](https://eo.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfonso_la_13-a_(Hispanio))
- [Wikiquote](https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alphonse_XIII_d'Espagne)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfons_XIII_Burbon)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE_XIII_%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%A8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5)

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