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Alfonso, Prince of Asturias

1907 - 1938

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Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (10 May 1907 – 6 September 1938), was heir apparent to the throne of Spain from birth until the abolition of the monarchy in 1931. He renounced his rights to the defunct throne in 1933. Alfonso was the eldest son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. Alfonso's renunciation of his rights as heir to the Spanish throne in order to marry Cuban commoner Edelmira Sampedro caused controversy at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso, Prince of Asturias is the 4,057th most popular politician (down from 3,967th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Spain (up from 354th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Spanish Politician.

Alfonso, Prince of Asturias is most famous for being the son of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias ranks 4,057 out of 19,576Before him are J. R. Jayewardene, Oleg Gordievsky, Sverre of Norway, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, and Cao Zhi. After him are Henry I of Navarre, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Ségolène Royal, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Intef III, and Éamon de Valera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias ranks 61Before him are Takeo Wakabayashi, Burgess Meredith, Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Emilie Schindler, Ray Milland, and Miklós Rózsa. After him are Ko Takamoro, Ernesto Geisel, James Meade, Lê Duẩn, Sigvard Bernadotte, and Shiro Teshima. Among people deceased in 1938, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias ranks 43Before him are Otto Bauer, Branislav Nušić, Thomas Wolfe, Nikolai Kondratiev, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark. After him are Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Ernst Barlach, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Andrej Hlinka, Nikolay Krestinsky, and Yakov Yurovsky.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias ranks 337 out of 3,355Before him are Eusebi Güell (1846), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Eduardo Chillida (1924), Ramiro II of León (898), Andrés Iniesta (1984), and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836). After him are Severo Ochoa (1905), Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder (30), Yolande of Aragon (1384), Emilio Butragueño (1963), and Rafael del Riego (1784).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias ranks 117Before him are Al-Hakam I (770), Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), Ordoño II of León (873), Berengaria of Castile (1180), and Ramiro II of León (898). After him are Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder (30), Yolande of Aragon (1384), Rafael del Riego (1784), Hisham I of Córdoba (757), and Sancho III of Castile (1134).