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Alfonso V of León

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Alfonso began the work of reorganizing the Christian kingdom of the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula after a most disastrous period of civil war and Arab inroads. Enough is known of him to justify the belief that he had some of the qualities of a soldier and a statesman.
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H. IACET ADEFONSUS QUI POPVLATIT LEGIONEM...ET DEDIT BONOS FOROS ET FECIT / ECCLESIAM HANC LVTO ET LATERE. HABVIT PRAELIA CUM / SARRACENIS, ET INTERFECTUS, EST SAGITTA APUD VISEUM / PORTUGAL FUIT FILIUS VEREMUNDI ORDONII / OBIIT ERA M SEXAGESIMA QUINTA III NAS
563:, p. 100. Translation: "H lies Alfonso, who populated León ... and gave good laws and made / this church of clay and brick. He had battles with / the Saracens, and was killed with an arrow before Viseu / Portugal He was the son of Vermudo Ordóñez . . ." 1590: 347:, in favor of the marriage of his sister Urraca to the king of León, despite the impediments of consanguinity. Although Bishop Oliba did not authorize the marriage, describing it as 351:
in a letter dated 11 May 1023, the royal wedding was celebrated between the date of the bishop's letter and 13 November 1023 when Alfonso V and his new wife, who confirms as
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as attested in a charter dated 22 December 1036 in a donation made by Muniadona and her son Fernando Gundemáriz, son of
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Scemena regina simulque et filia mea Urraca Regina (...) genitoris nostri Fredenandus Ueremudiz et domna Geloria
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in 1013, daughter of his tutor Menendo González at whose house he was raised as a child. They had two children:
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His name and that of his wife are associated with the grant of the first franchises of
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Sánchez Candeira, Alfonso (1948). "Sobre la fecha de la muerte de Alfonso V de León".
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Fernández Conde, Francisco Javier; Torrente Fernández, Isabel (2007).
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from 999 to 1028. Like other kings of León, he used the title
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Burials in the Royal Pantheon at the Basilica of San Isidoro
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Territorio, Sociedad y Poder, Work de Estudios Medievales
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After Elvira's death on 2 December 1022, Alfonso married
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In a letter to king 376:Urraca regina Garseani regis filia 14: 1612: 679:(in Spanish). Burgos: La Olmeda. 419:. A document of the monastery of 1280: 945: 476: 694:Martínez Díez, Gonzalo (2007). 644: 309:Ferdinand I of León and Castile 276:remains were transferred from 1: 1556:10th-century Leonese monarchs 1551:11th-century Leonese monarchs 392: 317: 90: 16:King of León from 999 to 1028 1434:Portuguese House of Burgundy 7: 232:. He succeeded his father, 10: 1617: 224:Imperator totius Hispaniae 1561:Monarchs killed in action 1520: 1464: 1450: 1432: 1360: 1327: 1289: 1278: 1172: 1110: 1054: 987: 954: 943: 857: 804: 795: 787: 782: 755: 527:, pp. 8 and 223–226. 494:Alphonso s.v. 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Index


Libro de las Estampas
King
León
Bermudo II
Bermudo III
Viseu
Portugalia
Basilica of San Isidoro
Elvira Menéndez
Urraca of Pamplona
Issue
Sancha of León
Bermudo III of León
Jimena of León
Dynasty
Astur-Leonese dynasty
Bermudo II of León
Elvira García of Castile
Chalcedonian Christianity
King of León
emperor
Imperator totius Hispaniae
rulers of Spain
Bermudo II
Elvira García
Menendo González
Galicia
León
Viseu

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