Vermudo II “el Gotoso”, king of León

Events

Date of Birth: 952 or 953.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Torres Sevilla.

Date of Death: 4 September 999.

Place of Death: Villabuena, León.

The date and place are given by Torres Sevilla.

Relationships

Father: Ordoño III, king of León.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 62) and by Torres Sevilla.

Mother: Urraca Fernández de Castilla.

This relationship is given by Torres Sevilla, who notes that there used to be debate, but that the relationship is now well documented. Salazar y Acha, however, argues that Urraca was not the mother.

Spouse: Velasquita. Married in about 980.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 65) and by Torres Sevilla.

Spouse: Elvira García de Castilla. Married in 994.

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2005, p. 394; 2007, p. 120), by Salazar y Acha (p. 65), by Torres Sevilla, and by Todd Farmerie in a post from 25 August 2016 to soc.genealogy.medieval, citing a royal charter from the Cartulary of Santa Maria de Carracedo.

Children (by Velasquita):

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

Cristina (born about 981) married Odoño Ramírez de León.

Children (by Elvira):

Sancha (born about 993 - died after 2 November 1038).

Alfonso V (996 - 1028), king of León, married (1) Elvira Menéndez; married (2) Urraca García de Navarra.

Teresa (about 997 - 25 April 1039).

Children (illegitimate):

Elvira (born about 978)

Pelayo (born about 979)

Ordoño (born about 980)

Vermudo (born about 982)

Piniolo (born about 984)

References

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).

Torres Sevilla, Margarita. "Vermudo II" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

Ubieto Arteta, Antonio. Orígenes de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón, (Zaragoza, 1991).