Alfonso XII Puns

Portrait by Federico de Madrazo, c. 1886

Birth & Early Life

Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo was born on the 28th of Novemeber, 1857 at the Royal Palace in Madrid as Prince of Asturia. Alfonso was the son of Queen Isabella II of Spain and Francisco, Duke of Cadiz. Officially, that is, as it has often been speculated that Alfonso's biological father was a captain of the guard, Enrique Puigmoltó y Maya. The Duke of Cadiz was rumored to have been homosexual.

Isabella's eldest son, Alfonso had eight siblings, though only four survived their childhoods. The following is a list of Alfonso's siblings:

• Ferdinand (1850)
• Isabella (1851 - 1931) - Married Prince Gaetan, Count of Giergenti, her mother and father's cousin, no issue
• Maria Cristina (1854)
• Maria de la Concepcion (1859 - 1861)
• Maria del Pilar (1861 - 1879)
• Maria de la Paz (1862 - 1946) - Married her first cousin, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, had issue
• Francisco de Asis (1863)
• Eulalia (1864 - 1958) - Married her first cousin, Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, had issue

Exile, Bourbon Restoration & Return to Spain

Isabella II was deposed following the Revolution of 1868, caused by her authoritarian rule, religious fanaticism and the general disorder of her reign (she had over sixty different governments). While Isabella was exiled to Paris, France, the new government that replaced her with Amadeo I, second son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, was fairly short lived as he abdicated in 1873 due to numerous republican uprisings. The First Spanish Republic was declared, though it only lasted a brief two years.

Alfonso followed his mother into exile after she was deposed following the Revolution of 1868. Alfonso was educated at the Theresianum in Vienna, Austria and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, England. In June of 1870, Isabella formally abdicated her rights to the Spanish throne in favour of Alfonso XII. After Spanish general Martínez Campos lead a pronunciamiento (military coup) to restore the House of Bourbon, the 17-year-old Alfonso XII was proclaimed king of Spain on the 29th of December, 1874. He returned to Spain in January of 1875.

Reign & Death

During the reign of Alfonso XII, he brought peace and stability to Spain. Alfonso XII repaired the damage caused b

Al comenzar la Guerra Civil española, apoyó fervientemente al bando sublevado, afirmando ser un «falangista de primera hora».[26]​ Ya en 1934 había pedido apoyo al dictador italiano, Benito Mussolini para «un eventual golpe de Estado que se produjera en España para (...) restaurar la Monarquía» y conseguido que el gobierno fascista italiano se comprometiese a aportar 1 500 000 pesetas, 200 ametralladoras, fusiles y granadas de mano. Firmaron el acuerdo por parte española el general Barrera y representantes de los partidos Renovación Española (monárquico) y Comunión Tradicionalista (carlista).[27]​[28]​ El 30 de julio de 1936 dio el plácet al traslado de Juan de Borbón a territorio sublevado.[29]​ La relación del rey Alfonso XIII con el dictador Francisco Franco es extensa y está bien documentada.[30]​ Como consecuencia de sus éxitos en Marruecos conoció a Franco, quien poco a poco se convirtió en favorito real; en enero de 1923 el rey le concedió la medalla militar, así como el cargo honorífico de gentilhombre de cámara, por lo que el padrino de su boda fue Alfonso XIII (representado por el gobernador civil de Oviedo, el general Losada). Franco discutió personalmente con el rey la posible retirada de Marruecos. En marzo de 1925, durante una visita allí, el general Primo de Rivera entregó a Franco una carta del rey junto con una medalla religiosa de oro; la carta terminaba así: «Ya sabes lo mucho que te quiere y te aprecia tu afectísimo amigo que te abraza. Alfonso XIII».[31]​ Por real decreto (4 de enero de 1928) lo nombró director de la recién creada Academia General Militar. Franco votó a favor de la candidatura monárquica en Zaragoza.[32]​ Sin embargo, el 4 de abril de 1937, Franco escribió una carta despectiva a Alfonso XIII: el rey, que acababa de donar un millón de pesetas a la causa franquista, le había escrito expresando su preocupación por la poca prioridad que se daba a la restauración de la monarquía; Franco dejó claro que el rey difícilmente llegaría a desempeñar un papel en el futuro, en vista de sus errores pasados. Al acabar la guerra y no restaurarse la monarquía, el rey declaró: «Elegí a Franco cuando no era nadie. Él me ha traicionado y engañado a cada paso».[33]​

(No solo traicionó a la República a la que juró servir, y apoyó un golpe de estado y la instauración de una dictadura, sino que una vez fuera de España, conspiró para que Italia financiase otro golpe de Estado y más tarde apoyó a los sublevados en la Guerra Civil Española).

Recently I was looking at the Pedigree Collapse wiki page which has, as an example, the pedigree of Alfonso XII of Spain. At first I was looking at it and thinking, oh this must be an abbreviated tree or something that has cut out some branches. But as I looked closer I realized, no, every parent/child relationship is shown going back 5 generations. Here are some of the crazy things I noticed:

• He has a total of 18 ancestors going back 5 generations (out of a maximum of 62 if there were no pedigree collapse).
• He only has 6 ggg-grandparents (out of a maximum of 32).
• His grandmothers were sisters, making his parents 1st cousins trough them.
• However, each of his grandmothers also married their uncles, who were brothers. This makes Alfonso's parents first cousins through his grandfathers' as well.
• Further (and I'm not 100% sure if I have this correct), not only are his parents 1st cousins in two different ways, I think they are also 1st cousins once removed in two different ways.
• The parents of his grandmothers were also first cousins.
• One of those two (his great-grandmother, Maria Isabella) was also the product of first cousins.

Lol, I don't know, just thought this was kinda interesting trying to ferret out all the crazy relationships that arise out of this much inbreeding. Got me curious, is this the worst example of this in European royalty?

Okay, so I haven't seen this anywhere else on the internet but if you're wondering whether to pick Xavier or Alfonso as the Carlists, always go for Xavier.

Alfonso gets "Disgraced Monarch" which gives -10% stability and -5% Consumer Goods.
- You seriously need that stability because you want to get compliance in Spain ASAP.
- Reduced Consumer Goods is pretty good, but it's only 5%, and you can quickly mitigate/end the effects of the recovery from the civil war anyways if you're worried about civilian goods.

Xavier gets "The Sacred King" which gives +10% stability.
- You need that stability. Not only for getting compliance, but also political power and factory output.
- Additional stability removes consumer goods factories anyways, so why would you ever pick Alfonso?

TL;DR:
Alfonso reduces stability but gives consumer goods, Xavier gives stability.
Go for Xavier

https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XII_de_España

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Enrique Puigmolto, parece que los historiadores están de acuerdo en que fue el padre de Alfonso XII.

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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Puigmolt%C3%B3_y_Mayans