Person:Alfonso IV of León (1)
Alfonso IV of León
b.abt 0890s
d.933
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 890
  1. Alfonso IV of León - 933
  2. Sancho I Ordóñez _____Abt 895 - 929
  3. Ramiro II of LeónAbt 900 - 951
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  1. Ordoño IV of LeónAbt 926 - 962
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Name Alfonso IV of León
Gender Male
Birth[1] abt 0890s
Marriage to Oneca Sánchez _____, of Pamplona
Death[1] 933
Reference Number? Q264836?
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Alfonso IV (s933), called the Monk, 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 León but rather his brother Fruela II of Asturias. The exact circumstances of the succession upon Fruela's death one year later are unclear, but the son of Fruela, Alfonso Fróilaz, became king in at least part of the kingdom when his father passed. Sancho Ordóñez, Alfonso, and Ramiro, the sons of Ordoño II, claimed to be the rightful heirs and rebelled against their cousin. With the support of king Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona, they drove Alfonso Fróilaz to the eastern marches of Asturias, and divided the kingdom among themselves with Alfonso Ordóñez receiving the crown of León and his elder brother Sancho being acclaimed king in Galicia.

Alfonso IV resigned the crown to his brother Ramiro in 931 and went into a religious house. One year later he took up arms with Fruela's sons Ordoño and Ramiro against his own brother Ramiro, having repented of his renunciation of the world. He was defeated, blinded, and sent back to die in the cloister of Sahagún. Alfonso had married Onneca Sánchez of Pamplona, niece of his ally Jimeno Garcés and daughter of Sancho I of Pamplona by Toda of Navarre. He had two children: Ordoño IV of León, and perhaps another son, Fruela, who was involved in a land dispute during the reign of Ramiro III of León.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alfonso IV of León, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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