caricature of the marriage of the Spanish King, Alfonso XIII;1906, showing King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Britain driving with the Spanish King and Queen. 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. Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887 –1969) was wife of Alfonso and granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Britain.