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 1 254 SPAIN.

(ESPANA.)

Reigning Sovereign.

AlphonSO XIII., son of the late King Alplionso XII. and Maria Christina, daughter of the late Karl Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria; born after his father's death, May 17, 1886, succeeding by his birth, being a male, his eldest sister ; married, May 31, 1906, to Princess Victoria Eugenic, daughter of the late Prince Henry of Battenburg and Princess Beatrice (daughter of the late Queen Victoria) of Great Britain and Ireland ; offspring; Prince Alphonso, born May 10, 1907 ; Prince Jaime, born June 23, 1908 ; Princess Beatrice, born June 22, 1909 ; Prmccss Marw Crisiina, born December 12, 1911.

Sisters of the King.— I. Maria-de-las-Mercedes, Queen till the birth of her brother," born September 11, 1880 ; married February 14, 1901, to Prince Carlos of Bourbon, son of the Count of Caserta ; died October 17, 1904 ; oifspring, Alfonso, born November 30, 1901 ; Isabel, born October 16, 1904. II. Maria Teresa, born November 12, 1882; married January 12, 1906, to Prince Ferdiuaiid of Bavaria ; died September 23, 1912 ; offspring, Luis Alfonso, born December 12, 1906 ; Jose Eugenio, born March 26th, 1909 ; Pilar, born September 5, 1912.

Aunts of the King.— \. Infanta /saJcZ, born December 20, 1851 ; married, May 13, 1868, to Gaetan, Count de Girgenti ; widow, November 26, 1871. li. Infanta Maria-de-la- Paz, born June 23, 1862 ; married, April 3, 1883, to Prince Ludwig, eldest son of the late Prince Adalbert of Bavaria ; offspring, Fernando Maria, born May 10, 1884 ; mnrried January 12, 1906, the Infanta Maria Teresa {see above) ; Alberto Alfonso, born June 3, 1886 ; Maria del 1 ilar, born March 13, 1891. III. Infanta Eulalia, born February 12, 1864; married to Prince Antoine, son of Prince Antoine d'Orleans, Due de Mont- pensier, March 6, 1886; the marriage was dissolvd Julv, 1900 ; offspring, Alfonso JNIatie, born November 12, 1886 ; married July 15, 1909, 1 »"'cess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg Gotha ; Luis Fernando Maria, born November 5, 1888. (All sisters of the late King.)

Cousin of the late King.—lwia^nU Don Jaime, son of the late^Don Carlos and Margaret of Parma, Princess of Bourbon, born June 27, 1870. He has four sisters. ,oo^ t

The King, Alfonso XIII. , has a civil list, fixed by the Cortes, 1886, ot 7,000,000 pesetas, or 280,000Z., exclusive of allowances to members ol the royal family. The annual grant to the Queen is fixed at 450,000 pesetas (18,000Z.), and, should the King predecease her, 250,000 pesetas (10,000Z.) during widowhood. The annual grant to the mother of the King was hxeil at 250,000 pesetas. To the Prince of Asturias. heir to the throne, 500,000 pesetas have been assigned, and 250,000 to the second sister of the King. The Infantas, his aunts, receive 550,000 pesetas. _ •, ;, +

The following is a list of the sovereigns and rulers of Spam, with dates of their accession, since the foundation of the Spanish Monarchy by the union of the crowns of Aragon and Castile : —