The Opening of the Parliament in the Senate, Madrid, Spain, 20 April 1898. Opening of parliament presided over by the Queen Regent Maria Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena and her son, future King Alfonso XIII. Ovation for the Queen during the reading of her speech. Maria Christina of Austria was queen regent of Spain during the vacancy of the throne between her husband's death in November 1885 and the birth of their son Alfonso XIII in May 1886, and subsequently also until her son came of age in May 1902. From "La Ilustración Española y Americana", 1898.
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