Alfonso XII
Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo de Borbón y Borbón; 28 November 1857 – 25 November 1885), also known as El Pacificador (Spanish: the Peacemaker), was King of Spain from 29 December 1874 to his death in 1885.
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Formal portrait, 1875 | |||||
| King of Spain | |||||
| Reign | 29 December 1874 – 25 November 1885 | ||||
| Enthronement | 14 January 1875 | ||||
| Predecessor | Amadeo I (1873) | ||||
| Successor | Alfonso XIII | ||||
| Born | 28 November 1857 Royal Palace of Madrid, Madrid, Spain | ||||
| Died | 25 November 1885 (aged 27) Royal Palace of El Pardo, Madrid, Spain | ||||
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| Spouses | María de las Mercedes of Orléans
(m. 1878; died 1878)Maria Christina of Austria
(m. 1879) | ||||
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| House | Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz | ||||
| Mother | Isabella II | ||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||
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After the Glorious Revolution of 1868 deposed his mother Isabella II from the throne, Alfonso studied in Austria and France. His mother abdicated in his favour in 1870, and he returned to Spain as king in 1874 following a military coup against the First Spanish Republic. Alfonso died aged 27 in 1885, leaving his pregnant widow, Maria Christina of Austria, as regent of Spain. Their son, Alfonso XIII, became king upon his birth the following year. Maria Christina continued as regent until Alfonso XIII came of age in 1902.