Person:Ordoño III of León (1)
Ordoño III of León
b.Abt 926
d.956 Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain
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m. Abt 925
  1. Teresa of León, Queen of Pamplona
  2. Ordoño III of LeónAbt 926 - 956
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m. Abt 950
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  • H.  Ordoño III of LeónAbt 926 - 956
  1. Bermudo II of LeónAbt 953 - 999
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Facts and Events
Name Ordoño III of León
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 926
Alt Birth? 926 Leon, Spain
Marriage to Aragonta Pealez
Marriage Abt 950 to Urraca Fernández
Marriage to Elvira Pais-Daza
Marriage to Unknown
Death[1] 956 Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain
Burial[2] San Salvador de León
Reference Number? Q333627?


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Ordoño III (–956) was the King of León from 951 to 956, son and successor of Ramiro II (931–951). He confronted Navarre and Castile, who supported his half-brother Sancho the Fat in disputing Ordoño's claim to the throne.

He also had to deal with internal rebellion, attacks from the Muslims of al-Andalus, and the rebellion of Galicia. In response to the Muslims, Ordoño III led a raid as far as Lisbon (955), coming back north with a very lucrative haul of loot. Faced with this great show of force, Abd-al-Rahman III (912–961) was pushed to negotiate and conclude a peace treaty with the king of León.

He tried to continue the actions of his father in fortifying the land and the royal authority in the face of the contumacious and secessional Fernán González of Castile. He even married Fernán's daughter Urraca and later repudiated her over her father's alliance with Sancho.

Urraca bore him at least two children: a son named Ordoño who died young and a daughter named Theresa who became a nun. Ordoño III was also father of Bermudo II, but opinion is divided as to whether he was son of Urraca, or of a mistress, one of the daughters of Count Pelayo Gonzalez.

Ordoño III died at Zamora in 956.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ordoño III of León, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ ORDOÑO III King of León, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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