Attempt to assassinate King Alfonso Xiii of Spain 1906
King Alfonso XIII (1886 - 1941) of Spain and British Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887 - 1969), the only daughter of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg and grandaughter of Queen Victoria. Narrowly escaped death by an assassination attempt on their wedding day. The couple married at the Church of San Geronimo in Madrid, after the ceremony they were driving through the streets when a bomb was thrown, which struck their carriage, they escaped unscathed
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Picture No
10698489
Media ID
48988427
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph in The Story of Seventy Momentous Years', page 36 - 37
Date
31 May 1906
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