Ramiro II, king of León

Events

Date of Birth: about 900.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Álvarez Álvarez and by Salazar y Acha (p. 61).

Date of Death: March 951.

Place of Death: Oviedo.

The date and place are given by Salazar y Acha (p. 61). Álvarez Álvarez gives June 951.

Relationships

Father: Ordoño II, king of León

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2007, p. 120), by Salazar y Acha (p. 61), and by Álvarez Álvarez.

Mother: Elvira Menéndez.

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2007, p. 120), by Salazar y Acha (p. 61), and by Álvarez Álvarez.

Spouse: Adosinda Gutiérrez. Married in about 922.

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2007, p. 120), by Salazar y Acha (p. 61), and by Álvarez Álvarez.

Spouse: Urraca Sánchez de Navarra. Married in about 933.

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2007, p. 120), by Salazar y Acha (p. 61), and by Álvarez Álvarez.

Children (by Adosina):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Vermudo (born about 923 - died after 9 January 941).

Ordoño III (about 925 - 956), king of León.

Teresa (born about 927 - died before 953) married García III Sánchez of Pamplona.

Children (by Urraca):

Sancho I “el Craso” (died December 966), king of León, married Teresa Ansúrez.

Elvira (born about 935 - died after 5 December 986).

References

Álvarez Álvarez, César. “Ramiro II de León" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

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).

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