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Hi, my name is Jane and I'm going to talk about Alfonso XII.

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Alfonso was born the 28th of November of 1857 in Madrid's Royal Palace.

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Alfonso got the nickname of Prince of Asturias.

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After his birth, he had four sisters.

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the Infanta Isabel, countess of Girgenti,

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the Infanta Maria de Pilar,

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the Infanta Maria de la Paz, princess of Barbia,

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and the Infanta Maria Aurelia, duchess of Galleria.

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He was baptized the 7th of December of 1857

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by the pastor of the Indies, being his godfather,

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Pope Pius IX, represented by Lorenzo Vanilli.

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While he was still a child, his mother, Elizabeth II,

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got dethroned by the revolution of 1868, known as Gloriosa,

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forcing the royal family to exile.