Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAlfonso V “the Noble” , King of León 
Death1027
Misc. Notes
Alfonso V, called the Noble, King of León, son of Bermudo II by his second wife Elvira of Castile, reigned from 999 to 1027, and was the first Spanish monarch to use the title of King of Castile.
He 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. Enough is known of him to justify the belief that he had some of the qualities of a soldier and a statesman.
His name, and that of his wife Elvira Mendes (sometimes Geloria Mendes), are associated with the grant of the first franchises of León (1017). He was killed by an arrow while besieging the town of Viseu in northern Portugal, then held by the Muslims.
Family
By his first wife, Elvira Mendes, Alfonso had two children:
1. Bermudo III (c.1015–1037)
2. Sancha of León (c.1020–1067), married Ferdinand I of León
By his second wife, Urraca of Navarre, Alfonso had one daughter:
1. Jimena of León, married Fernando Gundemariz
He 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. Enough is known of him to justify the belief that he had some of the qualities of a soldier and a statesman.
His name, and that of his wife Elvira Mendes (sometimes Geloria Mendes), are associated with the grant of the first franchises of León (1017). He was killed by an arrow while besieging the town of Viseu in northern Portugal, then held by the Muslims.
Family
By his first wife, Elvira Mendes, Alfonso had two children:
1. Bermudo III (c.1015–1037)
2. Sancha of León (c.1020–1067), married Ferdinand I of León
By his second wife, Urraca of Navarre, Alfonso had one daughter:
1. Jimena of León, married Fernando Gundemariz