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 1280 SPAIN.

(EsPANA.)

Reigning Sovereign.

Alfonso XIII., son of the late King Alfonso XII. and Mark 1. 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 Eugenie, daughter of the late Prince Henry of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice (daughter of the late Queen Victoria) of Great Britain and Ireland.

Children of the King. — (1) Prince Alfonso, born May 10, 1907; (2) Prince Jaime, born June 23, 1908 ; (3) Princess Beatrix, born June 22, 1909 ; (4) Princess Maria Cristina, born December 12, 1911 ; (5) Prince Juan, born June 20, 1913 ; (6) Prince Gonzalo, born October 24, 1914.

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 ; offspring, Alfonso, born November 30, 1901 ; Isabel, born October 16, 1904 ; II. Maria Teresa, born November 12, 1882; married January 12, 1906, to Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria ; died September 23, 1912 ; offspring, Luis Alfonso, born December 12, 1906 ; Jose" Eugenio, born March 26, 1909 ; Maria de las Mercedes, born October 3, 1911.

Aunts of the King. — I. Infanta Isabel, born December 20, 1851; married May 13, 1868, to Gaetan, Count de Girgenti ; widow, November 26, 1871. II. Infanta Maria-de-la- Paz, born June 23, 1862 ; married, April 2, 1883, to Prince Ludwig, eldest son of the late Prince Adalbert of Bavaria ; offspring, Fernando Maria, born May 10, 1884 ; married January 12, 1906, the Infanta Maria Teresa (see above), married again, October 1, 1914, Luisa de Silva y Fernandez de Henestrosa (Duchess of Talavera de la Reina) ; Adalbei to Alfonso, born June 3, 1886 ; Maria del Pilar, born March 13, 1891. III. Infanta Eulalia, born February 12, 1864 ; married to Prince Antoine, son of Prince Antoine d'Orleans, Due de Moutpensier, March 6, 1886 ; the marriage ,was dissolved July, 1900 ; offspring, Alfonso Maria, born November 12, 1886 ; married July 15, 1909, Princess Beatrice of Saxe- CoburgGotha; Luis Fernando Maria, born November 5, 1888. (All sisters of the late King. )

The King, Alfonso XIII., has a civil list, fixed by the Cortes, 1886, of 7,000,000 pesetas, or 280,000^., exclusive of allowances to members of the royal family. The annual grant to the Queen is fixed at 450,000 pesetas (18,000*.), and, should the King predecease her, 250,000 pesetas (10,000/. ) during widowhood. The annual grant to the mother of the King was fixed at 250,000 pesetas. To the Prince of Asturias, heir to the throne, 500,000 pesetas have been assigned, and to the Infante Don Jaime and Infanta Doiia Beatriz, 150,000 pesetas each. The Infantas, the King's aunts, receive 550,000 pesetas.

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