Alfonso XIII’s Manifesto: Abdication After Spain’s 1931 Elections
Alfonso XIII’s Manifesto
Published in ABC, Three Days After the Proclamation of the Second Republic
This text was published in the Madrid newspaper ABC three days after the Second Republic was proclaimed. The author, Alfonso XIII, was the holder of dynastic rights.
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