When the late Kinc of Spain was ►trothed to Lis cousin, Princess ercedes, ]w gave her a ring, which c wore till her untimely death. J^ei* her decease, the king presented" inif to bin gwnjjnjojher, Queen I inflr * Short ly af lev wa i*3 «»he died, be rinp^ came into pci;ea:on of pintH del Pilar, Alfonso's own . A few days later the Infanta Si. The King then presented it to p Infanta Ohmtiun, sister of Queen ftrcefles. Three months afterwards \ Infanta Chiistioa expired, and j ; King, probably more or less ijuieteil liy the HlartningcoinoMenoe jecn the possession of this fatal 'and the suwessive death of its M-ers, determined to part with it more. He accordingly placed it iJS finger, aud shortly afterwurds ti It wag found so difficult disDoso His fatal ring, that it has been ii hs an offering to the Virgin of ifldena, the putron saint of Madrid, lit now suspended round the neck 'jrftatne.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1735, 16 June 1886, Page 4
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