The Princesa de Asturias class was a class of armoured cruisers of the Spanish Navy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The class comprised three ships,, and . With construction beginning on the lead ship of the class in 1890, it was considered to be essentially a repeat of the three s but with more modern and balanced armament. Cardenal Cisneros was wrecked in 1905 but the fate of the other two ships of the Princesa de Asturias class is unknown.
The ships of the class were 110.97m (364.07feet) long, had a beam of 18.59m (60.99feet), a draught of 6.61m (21.69feet), and had a displacement of 6,888 ton. The ships were equipped with two-shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 14800ihp and produced a top speed of 20kn.
The ships had belt armour of 11.88inches, conning tower and barbette armour of 7.88inches, 3.88inches turret armour and 2.25inches deck armour. However, as these ships were fundamentally modernized Infanta Maria Teresa-class cruisers, the armour coverage was not comprehensive, and thus the ships were poorly armoured by standards of the day.
The main armament of the ships were two 9.4inches single turret guns. Secondary armament included eight single 5.5inches guns.