Talk: Alfonso XIII of Spain

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Why is this Alphonso and not Alfonso? If we want to anglicize it, why not go the full nine yards and make it Alphonse? - user:Montrealais

Because when someone imported vast piles of rubbish from the Brittannica we got the Alphonsos. That's how Britain was spelling it then. Lots of our nomenclature problems can be traced to the same source. Sad, isn't it? MichaelTinkler

Shall we change them? As it's now spelled, it makes no sense. Does anyone spell it Alphonso other than misguided encyclopædia readers? - user:Montrealais

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As it is almost four months later and nobody has objected, I think I'll start moving the Alfonsos of Spain to "Alfonso," where I think they should be. - Montréalais

Go for it! -- Zoe

Yes, please do. See also talk:Alphonso. --mav

Did the Count of Barcelona really renounce his claims only in 1977, after his son was already on the throne for two years? john 18:30 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)