Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke Of San Jaime
Alfonso Carlos, Infante of Spain, Duke of San Jaime (Alfonso Carlos Fernando José Juan Pío; London, 12 September 1849 – Vienna, 29 September 1936) was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain under the name Alfonso Carlos I and the Legitimist claimant to the throne of France under the name Charles XII.
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