King Alfonso : Alphonso XIII (1886-1941), king of Spain (1886-1931); seeking to enhance his power at the expense of Parliament he hastened his own deposition by advocates of the Second Republic.
... fortunate enough to have a leader with a head on his shoulders, the circumstances augur a reverse for Spain as decisive and perhaps more sanguinary than the Italian overthrow in Abyssinia. Meanwhile King Alfonso has sacrificed all his youthful popularity by this ill-omened war and the bloody severity which has temporarily saved his throne. And with the popularity of the young King has gone the friendship ...
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