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García became the first king of the new Kingdom of León, which was created from his father's Kingdom of Asturias. Garcia died without children. Ordoño II: c. 873 914 – 924 924 Middle son of Alfonso III and brother of García I. Ordoño was first king of the new Kingdom of Galicia, created from his father's Kingdom of Asturias.
Alfonso of Leon, Lord of Molina 1264–1265 July 1281–1282 4 April 1284 husband's ascession: 25 April 1295 husband's death: 1 July 1321 Sancho IV: Constance of Portugal [2] [4] [7] Denis of Portugal 3 January 1290 23 January 1302 7 September 1312 husband's death: 18 November 1313 Ferdinand IV: Constance of Peñafiel [2] [4] [7]
This is a list of counts of Castile. The County of Castile had its origin in a fortified march on the eastern frontier of the Kingdom of Asturias . The earliest counts were not hereditary, being appointed as representatives of the Asturian king.
Two years later, in 1037, he defeated the king of León who died in the battle and, because Fernando was married to the Leonese king's sister, he became king of León and Galicia. For nearly 30 years, until his death in 1065, he ruled over the kingdom of León and the county of Castile as Ferdinand I of León .
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After coming to power, King Alfonso IX, facing an attack by his neighbours, Castile and Portugal, decided to summon the curia regis or king's court/royal council to the Basilica of San Isidoro, León. This was a gathering of the nobility and the higher clergy called to advise the king, used in numerous countries during the Middle Ages.
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Historical regions in Brittany. The Viscounty or County of Léon (Breton: Kontelezh Leon) was a feudal state in extreme western Brittany in the High Middle Ages.Though nominally a vassal of the sovereign duke of Brittany, Léon was functionally independent of any external controls until the viscounts came under attack by King Henry II of England.