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Alfonso XII of Spain

1857 - 1885

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso XII of Spain is the 1,144th most popular politician (down from 838th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Spain (down from 68th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Spanish Politician.

Alfonso XII of Spain is most famous for being the King of Spain from 1875-1885. He was born in 1857 and died in 1885.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfonso XII of Spain ranks 1,144 out of 19,576. Before him are Louise, Princess Royal, Theodoric I, Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Sima Yi, John I of Portugal, and Sviatoslav I of Kiev. After him are Chaim Weizmann, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Béla Kun, Constantine IX Monomachos, Frederick V of Denmark, and Yun Posun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Alfonso XII of Spain ranks 12. Before him are Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Edward Elgar, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Joseph Conrad, Henrik Pontoppidan, and Ruggero Leoncavallo. After him are William Howard Taft, Ronald Ross, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Alfred Binet, Theo van Gogh, and Eugen Bleuler. Among people deceased in 1885, Alfonso XII of Spain ranks 3. Before him are Victor Hugo, and Ulysses S. Grant. After him are Ferdinand II of Portugal, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Muhammad Ahmad, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Carl Spitzweg, Jens Peter Jacobsen, and Rosalía de Castro.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alfonso XII of Spain ranks 90 out of 3,355. Before him are Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Abbas ibn Firnas (810), Roderic (688), and Juan Gris (1887). After him are Rafael Benítez (1960), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Joaquín Rodrigo (1901), Vicente del Bosque (1950), and Peter III of Aragon (1239).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Alfonso XII of Spain ranks 25. Before him are Isabella II of Spain (1830), Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549), Maria Anna of Spain (1606), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), and Roderic (688). After him are Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Peter III of Aragon (1239), Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040), Magnus Maximus (335), Alfonso V of Aragon (1396), and Dolores Ibárruri (1895).

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