Individual Details

Because of his youth at his father's death, his mother acted as a regent. She retired in 1007 and became a nun. 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 is 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.

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Because of his youth at his father's death, his mother acted as a regent. She retired in 1007 and became a nun. 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 is associated with the grant of the first franchises of Leó n (1017). He was killed by an arrow while besieging the town of  Viseu  in northern  Portugal, then held by the  Muslims.

Birth	994
Death	1028	Viseu, Portugal

Spouse	Elvira MENDES (996 - 1022)
Child	Sancha (1013 - 1067)

Father	Bermudo II LEÓN (953 - 999)
Mother	Elvira CASTILE Queen León (978 - 1017)