is the Spanish
kennel club. It was founded in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
as the on 27 June 1911, and became a legal entity on 12 July 1911; on 1 December 1911 it received the
royal patronage of
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso XIII (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French language, French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May ...
, and the word 'Real' was added before the name.
It has been a full member of the
Federation Cynologique Internationale
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since 30 May 1912.
It has responsibility for the registration of all dogs in Spain.
References
1911 establishments in Spain
Fédération Cynologique Internationale
Organisations based in Spain with royal patronage
Organisations based in Madrid
Organizations established in 1911
Kennel clubs
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