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    inherited the Kingdom of León, "the most extensive, valuable and emblematic part: the one that contained the cities of Oviedo and León, cradles of the Asturian-Leonese...
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    Andalucia. Collins 1983, p. 241, Ordoño III of León. Collins 1983, p. 305, Sancho I of León. Collins 2012, p. 154, Ordoño IV of León. George C. Miles (1964)....
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    Castilian coins in the name of "Ferdinand and Joanna, King and Queen of Castile, León and Aragon", and, in early 1505, persuaded the Cortes that Joanna's "illness...
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    patronage, and he and his son, Ordoño III, whose mother was Galician, reigned with their support. This was not the case when Ordoño was succeeded by his half-brother...
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    de la Rue, although there are controversies on the matter. Arch of Philip IV by Peter Paul Rubens, Jacob Jordaens and Cornelis de Vos (1614) features the...
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    power was completed as the kingdom became the Kingdom of León. From this power base, his heir Ordoño II was able to organize attacks against Toledo and even...
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    English nobleman and knight (d. 1326) December 6 – Ferdinand IV, king of Castile and León (d. 1312) Alexander de Bruce, Scottish nobleman and knight (d...
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    in (of) Germany, King of Italy, King of all Spains, of Castile, Aragon, León, of Hungary, of Dalmatia, of Croatia, Navarra, Grenada, Toledo, Valencia...
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  • the throne by force in the aftermath of Ordoño I's death Assassinated after some months and replaced with Ordoño's son, Alfonso III. Called "The Usurper"...
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  • succeeded by his brother Ordoño II, who becomes king of Galicia and León. Ordoño continues his expansion and settles his court in León. Summer – Saracens from...
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