Town Hall side, arch 21
Alfonso XII
ALFONSO XII
- Sculptor
- not recorded
- Year
- 2005
- Where it is
- Town Hall side, arch 21
Who he was
1857–1885 King of Spain from 1874 to 1885
Alfonso XII, 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.
Opening paragraph from the Wikipedia article on Alfonso XII, in the revision we consulted, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Birth and death dates come from Wikidata.
Photograph: Basilio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2012-09-02 · file page on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-matched to sit with the rest.
