Ordoño IV, called the Wicked or the Bad (c. 926–Córdoba, c. 962 or 963) was the king of León from 958 until 960, interrupting the reign of Sancho the Fat for a two-year period.
Alfonso IV (c. 890s – August 933), called the Monk (Spanish: el Monje), was King of León from 925 (or 926) and King of Galicia from 929, until he abdicated in 931. When Ordoño II died in 924 it was not one of his sons who ascended to the throne of...
Sancho I of León, nicknamed Sancho the Fat (c. 932 – 19 December 966) was a king of León twice. He was succeeded in 958 by Ordoño IV and, on his death, by his son Ramiro.
Ordoño II (c. 873 – June 924, León) was a king of Galicia from 910, and king of Galicia and León from 914 until his death. He was an energetic ruler who submitted the kingdom of Leon to his control and fought successfully against the Muslims, who...
The Kingdom of León was a medieval state situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910, when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city...
Ramiro II (c. 900 – 1 January 951), son of Ordoño II and Elvira Menendez, was a King of León from 931 until his death. Initially titular king only of a lesser part of the kingdom, he gained the crown of León (and with it, Galicia) after supplanting...
Onneca Sánchez of Pamplona (died June 931) was Queen consort of León as the wife of Alfonso IV of León. She was the mother of Ordoño IV of León, and the daughter of Sancho I of Pamplona and his wife, Toda Aznárez.
In the reign of Ordoño I of Asturias (850–866), the kingdom began to be known as that of León. In 910, an independent Kingdom of León was founded when the king of Asturias divided his territory amongst his three sons. Below follows a list of...
Urraca (also spelled Hurraca, Urracha and Hurracka in medieval Latin) is a female first name. In modern Spanish, the word "urraca" means magpie, derived perhaps from Latin furax, meaning "thievish", in reference to the magpie's tendency to collect...
Bermudo (or Vermudo) II (c. 953 – September 999), called the Gouty (Spanish: el Gotoso), was first a rival king in Galicia (982–984) and then king of the entire Kingdom of León (984–999). His reign is summed up by Justo Pérez de Urbel's description...
