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See also:ALPHONSO XII . (1857—1885), See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:modern See also:Spain, son of See also:Isabella II. and Maria Fernando Francisco de See also:Assisi, eldest son of the See also:duke of See also:Cadiz, was See also:born on the 28th of See also:November 1857. When See also:Queen Isabella and her See also:husband were forced to leave Spain by the revolution of 1868 he accompanied them to See also:Paris, and from thence he was sent to the Theresianum at See also:Vienna to continue his studies. On the 25th of See also:June 187o he was recalled to Paris, where his See also:mother abdicated in his favour, in the presence of a number of See also:Spanish nobles who had followed the fortunes of the exiled queen. He assumed the See also:title of Alphonso XII.; for although no king of See also:united Spain had previously See also:borne the name, the Spanish See also:monarchy was regarded as continuous with the more See also:ancient monarchy, represented by the eleven See also:kings of See also:Leon and See also:Castile already referred to. Shortly afterwards he proceeded to See also:Sandhurst to continue his military studies, and while there he issued, on the 1st of See also:December 1874, in reply to a birthday greeting from his followers, a manifesto proclaiminghimself the See also:sole representative of the Spanish monarchy. At the end of the See also:year, when See also:Marshal Serrano See also:left See also:Madrid to take command of the See also:northern See also:army, See also:General Martinez See also:Campos, who had See also:long been working more or less openly for the king, carried off some battalions of the central army to Sagunto, rallied to his own See also:flag the troops sent against him, and entered See also:Valencia 'in the king's name. Thereupon the See also:president of the See also:council resigned, and the See also:power was transferred to the king's plenipotentiary and adviser, Canovas del See also:Castillo. In the course of a few days the king arrived at Madrid, passing through See also:Barcelona and Valencia, and was received everywhere with See also:acclamation (1875). In 1876 a vigorous See also:campaign against the Carlists, in which the See also:young king took See also:part, resulted in the defeat of See also:Don See also:Carlos and his See also:- ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")
abandonment of the struggle. See also:Early in 1878 Alphonso married his See also:cousin, Princess Maria de See also:las Mercedes, daughter of the duc de See also:Montpensier, but she died within six months of her See also:marriage. Towards the end of the same year a young workman of See also:Tarragona, See also:Oliva Marcousi, fired at the king in Madrid. On the 29th of November 1879 he married a princess of See also:Austria, Maria See also:Christina, daughter of the See also:Archduke See also:Charles See also:Ferdinand. During the See also:honeymoon a pastrycook named Otero fired at the young sovereigns as they were See also:driving in Madrid. The See also:children of this marriage were Maria de las Mercedes, titular queen from the See also:death of her See also:father until the See also:birth of her See also:brother, born on the 1th of See also:September 1880, married on the 14th of See also:February 1901 to See also:Prince Carlos of See also:Bourbon, died on the 17th of See also:October 1904; Maria Teresa, born on the 12th of November 1882, married to Prince Ferdinand of See also:Bavaria on the 12th of See also:January 1906; and Alphonso (see below). In 1881 the king refused to See also:sanction the See also:law by which the ministers were to remain in See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office for a fixed See also:term of eighteen months, and upon the consequent resignation of Canovas del Castillo, he summoned See also:Sagasta, the Liberal See also:leader, to See also:form a See also:cabinet. Alphonso died of See also:phthisis on the 24th of November 1885. Coming to the See also:throne at such an early See also:age, he had served no See also:apprenticeship in the See also:art of ruling, but he possessed See also:great natural tact and a See also:sound See also:judgment ripened by the trials of See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile. Benevolent and sympathetic in disposition, he won the See also:affection of his See also:people by fearlessly visiting the districts ravaged by See also:cholera or devastated by See also:earthquake in 1885. His capacity for dealing with men was considerable, and he never allowed himself to become the See also:instrument of any particular party. In his See also:short reign See also:peace was established both at See also:home and abroad, the finances were well regulated, and the various administrative services were placed on a basis that afterwards enabled Spain to pass through the disastrous See also:war with the United States without even the See also:threat of a revolution.
ALPHoNso XIII. (1886— ), king of Spain, son of Alphonso XII., was born, after his father's death, on the 17th of May 1886. His mother, Queen Maria Christina, was appointed See also:regent during his minority .(see SPAIN: See also:History). In 1902, on attaining his 16th year, the king assumed See also:control of the See also:government. On the 31st of May 1906 he married Princess See also:Victoria See also:Eugenie Julia Ena Maria Christina of See also:Battenberg, niece of See also:Edward VII. of See also:England. As the king and queen were returning from the See also:wedding they narrowly escaped assassination in a See also:bomb See also:explosion, which killed and injured many bystanders and members of the royal procession. An See also:heir to the throne was born on the loth of May 1907, and received the name of Alphonso.
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