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Infante Alfonso was the eldest child of the then-reigning king Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg. He inherited the genetic disorder hemophilia from his maternal line. He was a matrilineal great-grandson of Victoria of the United Kingdom. He and his youngest brother, Gonzalo were kept in specially-tailored jackets to prevent bloody accidents. Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 – February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. ... Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena) , (24 October 1887-15 April 1969), later Queen Victoria Eugenia was the Queen consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. ... Haemophilia or hemophilia is the name of any of several hereditary genetic illnesses that impair the bodys ability to control bleeding. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ...

His father, Alfonso XIII faced increasing political problems that led Spain become republic in 1931 and the monarch was deposed. They moved into exile.

There had been plans of young Alfonso's deposition from succession, but ultimately he himself renounced his rights to the then-defunct throne in 1933 to marry a commoner, Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro-Robato , after which Alfonso took the courtesy title Count of Covadonga. (This was required by the regulations for the succession set by the Pragmatic Sanction of Carlos III.) They divorced 8 May 1937. He married Marta Esther Rocafort y Altazarra 3 July 1937. They divorced 8 January 1938. He had no issue by either of them. A car accident led to his early death in 1938, at the age of 31. He crashed into a telephone booth and appeared to have minor injuries but his hemophilia led to fatal internal bleeding. He was initially entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery in Miami, Florida and was in 1985 re-entombed in the Pantheon of the Princes in El Escorial. His first wife was allowed to retain the title Countess of Covadonga and was present when he was re-entombed. Covadonga (Asturian: Cuadonga), from Latin Cova dominica, Cavern of the Lady, is a village in Asturias, northwestern Spain, among the Picos de Europa mountains where Spanish Christians won a battle over the Muslim Moors around 718 and 725. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... // El Escorial, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real (also known as Monasterio de El Escorial or simply, El Escorial) was since the last quarter of the 16th century the Eighth Wonder of the World. ...

His predecessor was his late aunt Mercedes, Princess of Asturias who deceased 3 years before Alfonso's birth; in practice, Alfonso's predecessor as first heir to Spain was his first cousin, Mercedes' son, the Infante Alfonso of the Two Sicilies. Infanta Maria de las Mercedes of Spain (1880–1904), Princess of the Asturias, for all 24 years of her life the Heiress Presumptive of the Spanish royal crown, and for a period in 1885–1886, the extant Head of the State of Spain, was born as Doña María...

His successor technically was his next brother, Jaime, Duke of Segovia who did not receive the Asturias title. Jaime's own renunciation took place soon. In practice (but not titularly) the next heir-apparent of claims to Spanish throne was Alfonso's younger brother don Juan de Borbon, Count of Barcelona. Alfonso's nephew, the Infante Juan Carlos of Spain (the King Juan Carlos) was granted the official title Prince of Spain, not that of Asturias in 1969 by Francisco Franco. Jaime Luitpold Isabelino Enrique de Borbón y Battenberg, Infante of Spain, Duke of Segovia (June 23, 1908- March 20, 1975), was the second son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. ... HRH Infante Don Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona, Juan Carlos Teresa Silvestre Alfonso de Borbón (June 20, 1913 - April 1, 1993), was the fourth son and designated heir of King Alfonso XIII of Spain, the monarch replaced by the Second Spanish Republic, and father of King Juan Carlos... Juan Carlos I (Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; pron. ... Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892–20 November[1] 1975), commonly abbreviated to Francisco Franco (pron. ...

The next member of the Spanish royal family to be officially invested with the title Principe de Asturias was Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Alfonso's grand-nephew, in 1977. Felipe, Prince of Asturias (Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y de Grecia) born January 30, 1968), is the third child of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain. ...

Sources

• http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_de_Borb%C3%B3n_y_Battenberg
• TIME, June 12, 1933
• EL NUEVO HERALD, May 23, 2004
• EL MUNDO, July 2, 1994