Alfonso had one of the stormiest careers of any ruler in modern times. Born in Madrid on May 17, 1886, the posthumous son of the late King Al-tense XII of Spain, he was formally crowned King on his 16th birthday May 17, 1902. Secret police then discovered and thwarted an attempt to assassinate him. A lunatic fired at Alfonso on June 18, 1903, but he was unhurt. His murder was attempted in Paris on May 31, and again a year later when he married Princess Vic-laria Eugenia of Battenberg. A bomb Priests Remain at
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