Reign of Alfonso XIII
Reign of Alfonso XIII of Spain | |
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| 1885–1931 | |
Reign of Alfonso XIII
Coat of arms
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| Government | |
| Alfonso XIII | |
| President of the Spanish Council of Ministers | |
• 1885–1890 | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
• 1931 | Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas |
• Restoration Courts | Senate |
| Congress of Deputies | |
| History | |
• Death of Alfonso XII of Spain | 25 November 1885 |
| 1885–1902 | |
• Constitutional period of the reign of Alfonso XIII | 1902–1923 |
| 13–15 September 1923 | |
| 1923–1930 | |
| 1930–1931 | |
• Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic | 14 April 1931 |
Alfonso XIII became King of Spain at the moment of his birth in May 1886 because his father, Alfonso XII, had died five months earlier. His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, was regent until May 1902, when he turned sixteen and took the oath of office under the Constitution of 1876, when he began his personal reign, which lasted until 14 April 1931, when he had to go into exile after the proclamation of the Second Republic.