Alfonso III “el Magno”, king of Asturias, Galicia, and León

Events

Date of Birth: 848.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by by Salazar y Acha (p. 54). Ruiz de la Peña Solar gives about 848, and the place as possibly Oviedo. Carriendo Tejedo gives 852.

Date of Death: 20 December 910.

Place of Death: Zamora.

The date and place are given by Ruiz de la Peña Solar and by Salazar y Acha (p. 54).

Relationships

Father: Ordoño I, king of Asturias.

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2005, p. 109), by Salazar y Acha (p. 54), by Carriendo Tejedo, and by Riela Melis.

Mother: Mumadomna.

Spouse: Jimena. Married in 869.

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2005, p. 109; 2007, p. 120), by Carriendo Tejedo, and by Ruiz de la Peña Solar. The relationship and date are given by Salazar y Acha (p. 54).

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Children:

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García I (about 870 - about 19 January 914), king of Asturias and León, married Muniadomna.

Ordoño II (about 872 - June 924), king of Asturias, Galicia, and León, married (1) Elvira Menéndez; married (2) Aragonta González; married (3) Sancha Sánchez de Navarra.

Gonzalo (born about 874 - died before 17 August 920).

Fruela II “el Leproso” (born about 876 - died July 925), king of Asturias and León, married (1) Nunilo, also known as Jimena; married (2) Urraca, daughter of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, wali of Toledo.

Ramiro (born about 878 - died 31 March 929) king in Asturias.

References

Carriendo Tejedo, Manuel. “Nacimiento, matrimonio y muerte de Alfonso III el Magno” in Asturiensia medievalia Volume 7 (1993-1994) pp. 129-145.

Martínez Diez, Gonzalo. El Condado de Castilla (711-1038): la historia frente a la leyenda. (Macial Pons: 2005).

Martínez Díez, Gonzalo. Sancho III el Mayor: rey de Pamplona, Rex Ibericus. (Madrid: 2007).

Riela Melis, A. "Alfons III. der Grosse" in Lexikon des Mittelalters Band 1 (Stuttgart 1980).

Ruiz de la Peña Solar, Juan Ignacio. "Alfonso III" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).