caricature of the birth of Alfonso son of the Spanish King, Alfonso XIII;1907, Illustration from 'L'Assiette au Beurre', an illustrated French weekly satirical magazine with anarchist political leanings that was chiefly produced between 1901 and 1912. Alfonso XIII (1886 – 1941) was King of Spain from 1886 until the proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931. Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, (1907 – 1938), heir apparent to the throne of Spain from birth until he renounced his rights in 1933. He died as a result of a car accident. his haemophilia led to fatal internal bleeding.