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, Alfonso V Of León

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Alfonso V of LeónI10606
b: ABT 994
d: 7 AUG 1028
Biography
Alfonso V (994 – 7 August 1028), called the Noble, was King of León from999 to 1028. Enough is known of him to justify the belief that he hadsome of the qualities of a soldier and a statesman. Like other kings ofLeón, he used the title emperor to assert his standing among theChristian rulers of Spain.[1]

Alfonso was three years old when he succeeded his father, Bermudo II, in999.[2] His mother, Elvira García, and count Menendo González, who raisedhim in Galicia,[3] acted as his co-regents until 1007, when the queenmother retired and became a nun.

Alfonso began the work of reorganizing the Christian kingdom of thenorthwest of the Iberian Peninsula after a most disastrous period ofcivil war and Arab inroads.[citation needed]

His name and that of his wife are associated with the grant of the firstfranchises of León (1017).[4] On a Wednesday, 7 August 1028, Alfonso Vwas killed by an arrow while besieging the Muslim town of Viseu,[5][6]King Alfonso was buried next to his first wife Elvira, according to hiswishes, at the Church of Saint John the Baptist and San Pelayo whichlater changed its name to the Basilica of San Isidoro when the lattersaint''s remains were transferred from Seville.[7] The following epitaphwas carved on his tomb:

H. IACET ADEFONSUS QUI POPVLATIT LEGIONEM...ET DEDIT BONOS FOROS ET FECIT/ ECCLESIAM HANC LVTO ET LATERE. HABVIT PRAELIA CUM / SARRACENIS, ETINTERFECTUS, EST SAGITTA APUD VISEUM / PORTUGAL FUIT FILIUS VEREMUNDIORDONII / OBIIT ERA M SEXAGESIMA QUINTA III NAS M.[8]

Alfonso first married Elvira Mendes in 1013, daughter of his tutorMenendo González at whose house he was raised as a child, with whom hehad two children.[9]
Sancha of León, married Ferdinand I of León and Castile
Bermudo III of León (c. 1015–1037)

After Elvira''s death on 2 December 1022,[10] Alfonso married UrracaGarcés, sister of King Sancho III of Navarre.[11] Before this marriagetook place, the king of Navarre had sent Ponce, abbot at the Monastery ofSan Pedro de Tavèrnoles, later bishop of Oviedo, and a nobleman namedGarcia, to intercede before Abbot Oliba, bishop of Vic, in favor of themarriage of his sister Urraca to the king of León, despite theimpediments of consanguinity. Although Bishop Oliba did not authorize themarriage, describing it as incesti connubii in a letter dated 11 May1023,[12] the royal wedding was celebrated between the date of thebishop''s letter and 13 November 1023 when Alfonso V and his new wife, whoconfirms as Urraka regina, appear together for the first time in acharter in the Cathedral of León.[10][13]

Urraca and her mother Jimena Fernández made a donation on 26 September1028 to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela confirming as Scemenaregina simulque et filia mea Urraca Regina (...) genitoris nostriFredenandus Ueremudiz et domna Geloria, and a few years later, KingBermudo III on 6 August 1031 referred to his step-mother as Urraca reginaGarseani regis filia.

Alfonso and Urraca had one daughter, who was named Jimena as attested ina charter dated 22 December 1036 in a donation made by Muniadona and herson Fernando Gundemáriz, son of Gundemaro Pinióliz, when she confirms asJimena, daughter of King Alfonso.[14]
Facts
  • ABT 994 - Birth -
  • 7 AUG 1028 - Death - ; Viseu
  • 999 - Reign - King ; León
Ancestors
   
Ordoño III of León
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Bermudo II of León
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Urraca Fernández
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Alfonso V of León
ABT 994 - 7 AUG 1028
  
 
  
García Fernández of Castile
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Elvira García of Castile
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Ava de Ribagorza
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Bermudo II of León
Birth
Death
Marriageto Velasquita Ramírez
Marriageto Elvira García of Castile
FatherOrdoño III of León
MotherUrraca Fernández
PARENT (F) Elvira García of Castile
Birth
Death
Marriageto Bermudo II of León
FatherGarcía Fernández of Castile
MotherAva de Ribagorza
CHILDREN
MAlfonso V of León
BirthABT 994
Death7 AUG 1028Viseu
MarriageAFT 2 DEC 1022to Urraca Garcés
Marriage1013to Elvira Mendes
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Alfonso V of León
BirthABT 994
Death7 AUG 1028 Viseu
MarriageAFT 2 DEC 1022to Urraca Garcés
Marriage1013to Elvira Mendes
FatherBermudo II of León
MotherElvira García of Castile
PARENT (F) Urraca Garcés
Birth
Death
MarriageAFT 2 DEC 1022to Alfonso V of León
FatherGarcía Sánchez II of Pamplona
MotherJimena Fernández
CHILDREN
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Alfonso V of León
BirthABT 994
Death7 AUG 1028 Viseu
MarriageAFT 2 DEC 1022to Urraca Garcés
Marriage1013to Elvira Mendes
FatherBermudo II of León
MotherElvira García of Castile
PARENT (F) Elvira Mendes
Birth
Death2 DEC 1022
Marriage1013to Alfonso V of León
FatherMenendo González
MotherTutadonna
CHILDREN
FSancha of León
Birth
Death
Marriageto Ferdinand I of León and Castile
Descendancy Chart
1 Alfonso V of León b: ABT 994 d: 7 AUG 1028
+ Urraca Garcés
+ Elvira Mendes d: 2 DEC 1022
2 Sancha of León
+ Ferdinand I of León and Castile
3 Alfonso VI of León and Castile b: BEF JUN 1040 d: June 29/July 1, 1109
+ Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and Castile
+ Isabel
+ Constance of Burgundy d: September/October 1093
4 Urraca of León and Castile
+ Raymond of Burgundy
5 Alfonso VII of León and Castile b: 1 MAR 1105 d: 21 AUG 1157
+ Guntroda Pérez
6 Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre b: 1132
+ García Ramírez of Navarre
+ Urraca Fernández
+ Berengaria of Barcelona d: 1149
6 Sancho III of Castile
+ Blanche of Navarre
7 Alfonso VIII of Castile b: 11 NOV 1155 d: 5 OCT 1214
+ Eleanor of England
8 Berengaria of Castile
+ Alfonso IX of León b: 15 AUG 1171 d: 23/24 SEP 1230
9 Ferdinand III of Castile
+ Joan, Countess of Ponthieu
10 Eleanor of Castile b: ABT 1245 d: 1290
+ Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
+ Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen
8 Blanche of Castile
+ Louis VIII of France
9 Charles I of Naples
+ Beatrice of Provence
10 Charles II of Naples
+ Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
9 Robert I, Count of Artois
+ Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
10 Blanche of Artois
+ Henry I of Navarre
+ Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
9 Louis IX of France
+ Marguerite of Provence
10 Philip III of France
+ Isabella of Aragon
+ Marie of Brabant, Queen of France b: 13 MAY 1254 d: 12 JAN 1321
8 Eleanor of Castile
+ James I of Aragon
9 Isabella of Aragon
+ Philip III of France
10 Charles, Count of Valois
+ Catherine I, Latin Empress
+ Margaret, Countess of Anjou
10 Philip IV of France
+ Jeanne of Navarre
6 Ferdinand II of León
+ Urraca of Portugal
7 Alfonso IX of León b: 15 AUG 1171 d: 23/24 SEP 1230
+ Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León b: 4 OCT 1178 d: 18 JUN 1250
+ Inés Íñiguez de Mendoza
+ Berengaria of Castile
8 Ferdinand III of Castile
+ Joan, Countess of Ponthieu
9 Eleanor of Castile b: ABT 1245 d: 1290
+ Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
10 Edward II b: 25 APR 1284 d: 21 SEP 1327
+ Isabella of France
10 Joan of England
+ Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
+ Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer
+ Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen
6 Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre
+ Sancho VI of Navarre
7 Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne
+ Theobald III, Count of Champagne
8 Theobald I of Navarre
+ Agnes of Beaujeu
+ Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre
9 Henry I of Navarre
+ Blanche of Artois
10 Jeanne of Navarre
+ Philip IV of France
6 Constance of Castile
+ Louis VII of France
7 Alys, Countess of the Vexin
+ William IV, Count of Ponthieu
8 Marie, Countess of Ponthieu
+ Simon, Count of Ponthieu
9 Joan, Countess of Ponthieu
+ Ferdinand III of Castile
10 Eleanor of Castile b: ABT 1245 d: 1290
+ Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
+ Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile
6 Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon
+ Alfonso II of Aragon b: MAR 1157 d: 25 APR 1196
7 Alfonso II, Count of Provence b: 1174 d: 1 DEC 1209
+ Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
8 Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
+ Beatrice of Savoy
9 Beatrice of Provence
+ Charles I of Naples
10 Charles II of Naples
+ Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
9 Eleanor of Provence
+ Henry III b: 1 OCT 1207 d: 16 NOV 1272
10 Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
+ Blanche of Artois
10 Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
+ Eleanor of Castile b: ABT 1245 d: 1290
+ Margaret of France
9 Marguerite of Provence
+ Louis IX of France
10 Philip III of France
+ Isabella of Aragon
+ Marie of Brabant, Queen of France b: 13 MAY 1254 d: 12 JAN 1321
7 Peter II of Aragon
+ Maria of Montpellier
8 James I of Aragon
+ Eleanor of Castile
9 Isabella of Aragon
+ Philip III of France
10 Charles, Count of Valois
+ Catherine I, Latin Empress
+ Margaret, Countess of Anjou
10 Philip IV of France
+ Jeanne of Navarre
+ Violant of Hungary
+ Ximena Moniz
4 Teresa de León
+ Henry, Count of Portugal
5 Afonso I of Portugal b: 25 JUN 1109 d: 6 DEC 1185
+ Mafalda of Savoy
6 Urraca of Portugal
+ Ferdinand II of León
7 Alfonso IX of León b: 15 AUG 1171 d: 23/24 SEP 1230
+ Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León b: 4 OCT 1178 d: 18 JUN 1250
+ Inés Íñiguez de Mendoza
+ Berengaria of Castile
8 Ferdinand III of Castile
+ Joan, Countess of Ponthieu
9 Eleanor of Castile b: ABT 1245 d: 1290
+ Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
10 Edward II b: 25 APR 1284 d: 21 SEP 1327
+ Isabella of France
10 Joan of England
+ Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
+ Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer
+ Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen

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