page_title: Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
section_title: Scandal and exile
hierarchical_section_title: Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha / Marriage prospects / Scandal and exile
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Prinzessin Beatrice von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha mit Sohn AlvaroEnglish: Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha with son Alvaro
context_page_description: Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a member of the British royal family, a male-line granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She later married into the Spanish royal family, and was the wife of Prince Alfonso de Orleans y Borbón, Infante of Spain, a first cousin of Alfonso XIII of Spain.
context_section_description: During King Alfonso XIII's unhappy marriage, he had numerous affairs and dalliances, some of which produced illegitimate children. He allegedly also made advances toward Princess Beatrice, which she rebuffed. The King expelled her and her husband from Spain, under the pretext of sending Infante Alfonso on a mission to Switzerland. At the same time, the King's circle of friends, who despised both Beatrice and Queen Ena, started to spread malicious rumours, saying that Beatrice had been expelled because of her bad behaviour, which was not true.
  The couple had three sons:
  Alvaro Antonio Fernando Carlos Felipe (20 April 1910 Coburg, Germany–22 August 1997)
  Alonso María Cristino Justo (28 May 1912 Madrid, Spain–18 November 1936 Spain); Killed in action during the Spanish Civil War
  Ataúlfo Carlos Alejandro Isabelo (20 October 1913 Madrid, Spain–4 October 1974 Málaga, Spain)
caption: Princess Beatrice and her eldest son
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