LEON, King Alphonso V^{[1, 2]}

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• Name	LEON, Alphonso
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	V
  Birth	Abt 944	León, Castilla y León, Spain
  Gender	Male
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  Death	7 Aug 1028	Villaneuva de So, Castilla, Spain
  Burial	13 Aug 1028	León, Castilla y León, Spain
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  Family 1	MENDOZA, Inez Iniguez de ,   b. 1177, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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  Family 2	SILVA, Aldonza Martinez de
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  Family 3	MENENDEZ, Queen Elvira ,   b. <991>, León, Castile-León, Spain León, Castile-León, Spaind. 2 Dec 1022, León, León, Spain
  Marriage	Est 1014	Burgos, Castile-León, Spain   [3]
  Children	+ 1. LON, Princess Sancha ,   b. 1013, London, Middlesex, England London, Middlesex, Englandd. 27 Nov 1067, León, Provincia de León, Castilla y León, Spain (Age 54 years)
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  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ASTURIAS,%20LEON.htm#JimenaMFernandoGundemariz, as of 11/6/2014 ALFONSO de León, son of VERMUDO II "el Gotoso" King of León & his second wife Elvira García de Castilla (996-killed in battle Viseu 4 Jul or 7 Aug 1028, bur San Juan de León). The Chronicon Regum Legionensium names "Alfonso and Teresa" as the children of King Vermudo and his wife Elvira[625]. The charter dated 4 Oct 1032, under which [his son] King Vermudo III exchanged “villa Lapeto qui fuit de abia mea regina domna Velasquita” with “comes Pelagio Froilaz et uxor vestra comitissa Ildontia Ordoniz” for “villa...Framilani que fuit de Monnio Didaz...in territorio Asma prope domo Sancto Iuliano”[626], indicates that Velasquita was the mother of King Alfonso V but this is contradicted by the Chronicon Regum Legionensium quoted above. The chronology appears unfavorable for King Alfonso to have been born from King Vermudo´s marriage to Velasquita. Presumably “abia” is used loosely in the charter dated 4 Oct 1032 which is quoted above. He was "three years of age" when his father died, according to the Historia Silense[627], five years old according to the Chronicon Regum Legionensium[628]. The Crónica de Sampiro, as reproduced in the Historia Silense, records that "Adefonsus filius eius…annos tres" succeeded on the death of King Vermudo II[629]. He succeeded his father in 999 as ALFONSO V King of León. Ibn-Khaldun states that Alfonso V King of León succeeded under the regency of "le comte de Galice Menendo Gonzalez" but that this was disputed by "Sancho fils de Garcia, l´oncle maternel d´Alphonse", the dispute being arbitrated by "Abdalmelic fils d´Almanzor" who ordered "au juge des chrétiens [de Cordoue] Açbagh ibn --- de décider…[et il] prononça en faveur de Menendo Gonzalez"[630]. After the death of al-Mansur, the kingdom of León signed a peace treaty with his son al-Muzzaffar, subsequently providing help to the Muslim troops which sacked Catalonia in 1003[631]. A charter dated 22 Aug 1007 records the judgment given by "Adefonsus rex" in a dispute "in comitatu Cornati et Auiancos", and recounts the history which started "tempore…principis dni Ranemiri prolis Hordonii" between "comites Scemenus Didaci et Arias Aloitici", continued between "dns. Sisnandus eps. proles Hermegildi loco apostolico et domnus Gundisaluus comes proles Menendi" and "post obitum dni. Sisnandi eps…domnus Rudesindus eps. cum nepto suo domno Munino proles Gundisalui", "in diebus dni Veremudi principis prolis Hodonii" between "Didacus et Arias Aloiti…et Adefonsus Eroni…Didaco Gundisaluici et Renamior Gundisaluici comitibus et dns Petrus eps.", and "dux domnus Menendus proles Gundisalui"[632]. "Geloira regina" donated property to Santiago de Compostela by charter dated 18 Aug 1017, subscribed by "Adefonsus princeps, Sancia proles Ueremudi, Tarasia proles Ueremudi, Geloira proles Ueremudi…"[633]. King Alfonso V confirmed the possessions of Santiago de Compostela by charter dated 30 Mar 1019, subscribed by "Adefonsus rex, Geluira regina, Veremudus princeps…"[634]. Sancho III King of Navarre captured large parts of the kingdom of León. The Chronicon Regum Legionensium records that King Alfonso reigned for 26 years and was killed "by an arrow at the town of Viseu in Portugal", and buried in León "with his wife Elvira"[635]. The Chronicon Compostellani records that “Adefonsus filius eius [Veremudi, Ordonii filius]” reigned 29 years[636]. The Chronicon del Salterio, dated to 1055, records the death "IV f[eri]a M i[u]l[i]o era TLXVI" of "Adefonsus rex"[637]. An epitaph in the church of San Juan de León [later the convent of San Isidro] records the burial there of “Rex Adefonsus...interfectus est sagitta apud Viseum, fuit filius Veremundi Ordonii, obiit Era MLXV III Non Mai”[638]. m firstly (1015) ELVIRA Menéndez, daughter of conde MENENDO González & his wife Toda --- (-2 Dec 1022, bur León). The Chronicon Regum Legionensium names "Elvira" daughter of "count Menendo González and his wife countess Mayor" as the wife of King Alfonso[639]. King Alfonso V confirmed the possessions of Santiago de Compostela by charter dated 30 Mar 1019, subscribed by "Adefonsus rex, Geluira regina, Veremudus princeps…"[640]. The Chronicon del Salterio, dated to 1055, records the death "IV f[eri]a M i[u]l[i]o era TLXVI" of "Adefonsus rex" and "uxor eius Gelbire IV N[ona]s Dec era TLX"[641]. The Chronicon Regum Legionensium records that King Alfonso was buried in León "with his wife Elvira"[642]. m secondly (1023) URRACA García de Navarra, daughter of GARCÍA IV “el Tremulo” King of Navarre & his wife Jimena Fernández de Cea (-after 6 Aug 1031). “Rex Adefonsi proles Veremudi cum coniuge mea Regina Urraca” donated property to the church of Santiago by charter “IV Kal Nov” dated to 1024[643]. Her parentage is suggested by the document of her stepson King Vermudo III dated 6 Aug 1031 in which he names her "tia mea Urraca regina Garseani regis filia"[644]. "Scemena regina…et filia mea Urraca regina et xristi ancillas" donated property "in territorio Coza super castrum de Muza inter duos rivulos Karrione et Aratoi" to Santiago de Compostela, naming "genitores nostri Fredenandus Ueremudiz et dna. Geluira", by charter dated 26 Sep 1028, subscribed by "Scemena Regina, Urraca regina, Veremudus rex, Scemena regina…"[645]. King Alfonso V & his first wife had two children: 1. SANCHA de León (1013-7 Nov 1067). Betrothed ([Jan/May] 1029) to GARCÍA II Sánchez Conde de Castilla, son of SANCHO García Conde de Castilla & his wife Urraca Salvadórez ([Nov] 1009-murdered León 13 May 1029, bur San Salvador de Oña). m ([Nov/Dec] 1032) FERNANDO de Navarra Conde de Castilla, son of SANCHO III King of Navarre, Conde de Aragón, Conde de Castilla & his wife Munia Mayor Ctss de Castilla ([1016/18]-27 Dec 1065, bur León). Under the division of territories organised by his father, he received Castile, succeeding in 1035 as FERNANDO I "el Magno" King of Castile. He proclaimed himself FERNANDO I King of León after defeating his brother-in-law Vermudo III King of León at Tamarón 4 Sep 1037. 2. VERMUDO de León ([1017/18]-killed in battle Tamarón 4 Sep 1037, bur San Isidro de León[650]). m firstly (before 30 Dec 1028) URRACA, daughter of ---. [m secondly (before 25 Aug 1032) ELVIRA, daughter of ---. m [thirdly] ([23 Jan 1034/17 Feb 1035]) JIMENA Sánchez [de Navarra, daughter of SANCHO III King of Navarre, Conde de Aragón, Conde de Castilla & his wife Munia Mayor Ctss de Castilla] (-after 23 Dec 1062, bur San Isidro de León). King Alfonso V & [his first/second wife had one possible child]: 3. [JIMENA de León ([1016/25]-). m [as his --- wife,] FERNANDO Gundemariz, son of Conde GUNDEMARO Pinióliz & his wife Muniadomna --- (-after 1044).] King Alfonso V had [one illegitimate child by an unknown mistress]: 4. [NUÑO Alfonso de Amaya. m GONTRODA Gutiérrez, daughter of GUTIERRE --- de Castro & his wife ---. ** from Wikipedia listing for Alfonso V of León, as of 11/6/2014 Alfonso V (994 – 7 August 1028), called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. Enough is known of him to justify the belief that he had some of the qualities of a soldier and a statesman. Like other kings of León, he used the title emperor to assert his standing among the Christian rulers of Spain.[1] Alfonso was three years old when he succeeded his father, Bermudo II, in 999.[2] His mother, Elvira García, and count Menendo González, who raised him in Galicia,[3] acted as his co-regents until 1007, when the queen mother retired and became a nun. 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.[citation needed] His name and that of his wife are associated with the grant of the first franchises of León (1017).[4] On a Wednesday, 7 August 1028, Alfonso V was 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 his wishes, at the Church of Saint John the Baptist and San Pelayo which later changed its name to the Basilica of San Isidoro when the latter saint's remains were transferred from Seville.[7] The following epitaph was 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, ET INTERFECTUS, EST SAGITTA APUD VISEUM / PORTUGAL FUIT FILIUS VEREMUNDI ORDONII / OBIIT ERA M SEXAGESIMA QUINTA III NAS M.[8] Family Alfonso first married Elvira Mendes in 1013, daughter of his tutor Menendo González at whose house he was raised as a child, with whom he had 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 Urraca Garcés, sister of King Sancho III of Navarre.[11] Before this marriage took place, the king of Navarre had sent Ponce, abbot at the Monastery of San Pedro de Tavèrnoles, later bishop of Oviedo, and a nobleman named Garcia, to intercede before Abbot Oliba, bishop of Vic, 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 incesti connubii in a letter dated 11 May 1023,[12] 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 Urraka regina, appear together for the first time in a charter in the Cathedral of León.[10][13] Urraca and her mother Jimena Fernández made a donation on 26 September 1028 to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela confirming as Scemena regina simulque et filia mea Urraca Regina (...) genitoris nostri Fredenandus Ueremudiz et domna Geloria, and a few years later, King Bermudo III on 6 August 1031 referred to his step-mother as Urraca regina Garseani regis filia. Alfonso and Urraca had one daughter, who was named Jimena as attested in a charter dated 22 December 1036 in a donation made by Muniadona and her son Fernando Gundemáriz, son of Gundemaro Pinióliz, when she confirms as Jimena, daughter of King Alfonso.[14] References Sánchez Candeira 1951, p. 16. In a letter to king Sancho III of Navarre, the Catalan bishop Oliva of Vic called Alfonso imperator. A document of the monastery of Celanova (1007) also refers to Alfonso V as rex imperator. Fernández del Pozo 1999, p. 7. Fernández del Pozo 1999, p. 7, 24, and 27. Fernández del Pozo 1999, p. 109. Fernández del Pozo 1999, pp. 8 and 223–226. Martínez Díez 2007, p. 155. Fernández del Pozo 1999, p. 223 and 226. Fernández del Pozo 1999, p. 100. Translation: "H[ere] lies Alfonso, who [re-]populated León ... and gave good laws and made / this church clay and brick. He had battles with / the Saracens, and was killed with an arrow before Viseu / [in] Portugal[.] He was the son of Vermudo Ordóñez . . ." Fernández del Pozo 1999, p. 214. Fernández del Pozo 1999, p. 218. Sánchez Candeira 1951, p. 34. Martínez Díez 2007, pp. 122–123. Martínez Díez 2007, pp. 123 and 155. Fernández Conde et al 2007, p. 198. Bibliography Fernández Conde, Francisco Javier; Torrente Fernández, Isabel (2007). "Los orígenes del monasterio de San Pelayo (Oviedo): aristocracia, poder y monacato)". Territorio, Sociedad y Poder, work de estudios medievales (in Spanish) (Oviedo: Universidad de Oviedo) (2): 181–202. ISSN 1886-1121. Fernández del Pozo, José María (1999). Alfonso V (999–1028) y Vermudo III (1029–1037) (in Spanish). Burgos: La Olmeda. ISBN 84-89915-07-5. Martínez Díez, Gonzalo (2007). Sancho III el Mayor Rey de Pamplona, Rex Ibericus (in Spanish). Madrid: Marcial Pons Historia. ISBN 978-84-96467-47-7. Sánchez Candeira, Alfonso (1948). "Sobre la fecha de la muerte de Alfonso V de León". Hispania (Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) 8 (30): 132–35. ISSN 1988-8368. Sánchez Candeira, Alfonso (1951). El "regnum-imperium" leonés hasta 1037. Madrid: CSIC. Escuela de Estudios Medievales. OCLC 3565604. Alphonse V le Noble (né vers 985 mort à Viseu le 5 mai 1028) est un roi de Léon et de Galice. Vie Il était fils de Bermude II le Goutteux et de sa seconde femme, Elvire de Castille. Il régna de 999 à 1028. En raison de son jeune âge, sa mère devint régente à la mort de son père, aidée par le comte Menendo González. Elle se retira en 1007 pour devenir nonne. Durant sa minorité, Alphonse V obtint le soutien du royaume de Navarre et du comté de Castille pour vaincre Almanzor à la bataille de Calatañazor. Il commença alors à réorganiser le Royaume chrétien après une période de guerre civile et de fréquentes incursions arabes. Il repeupla la ville de León qui avait été détruite par les Arabes et y tint une assemblée des nobles où fut approuvé en 1017 le for de León. Il profita des dissensions qui régnaient parmi les Maures pour les attaquer. Mais il fut tué au siège de Viseu, dans le nord du Portugal actuel, en 1028, d'une flèche tirée des remparts. Il semble avoir eu des qualités de soldat et d'homme d'État. Famille Avec sa première femme, Elvire Mendes, il eut deux enfants: Bermude III, qui lui succéda. Sancha de León, qui épousa Ferdinand Ier de Castille. Avec sa seconde femme, Urraca de Navarre, il eut un enfant: Jimena de León, qui épousa Fernando Gundemariz.

  
  

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  [S72] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998). [S11] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Unknown (Reliability: 3). [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Alphonso V King Of LEON; Male; Spouse: Elvira; Marriage: < 1014> ; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 25 Sep 2004