Ramiro II of León
| Ramiro II | |
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| King of León | |
| Reign | 931–951 |
| Predecessor | Alfonso IV |
| Successor | Ordoño III |
| Born | c. 900 |
| Died | 1 January 951 (aged 50–51) León |
| Burial | Basilica of San Isidoro |
| Consort |
Adosinda Gutiérrez Urraca of Pamplona |
| Issue | Bermudo Theresa, Queen of Pamplona Ordoño III Sancho I Elvira |
| Dynasty | Astur-Leonese dynasty |
| Father | Ordoño II of León |
| Mother | Elvira Menéndez |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Ramiro II (c. 900 – 1 January 951), son of Ordoño II, was a King of León from 931 until his death. Initially titular king only of a lesser part of the kingdom, he gained the crown of León (and with it, Galicia) after supplanting his brother Alfonso IV and cousin Alfonso Fróilaz in 931. The scant Anales castellanos primeros are a primary source for his reign.
When, shortly before his death in 910, Alfonso III of Asturias was forced by his sons to abdicate, the Kingdom of Asturias descended into a period of successional crises among the royal family and their supporters from the regional marcher aristocracies. The kingdom was initially partitioned, with García I receiving the León, Ordoño II Galicia and Fruela II the Asturian heartland.
With the successive deaths of García I (914) and Ordoño (924), these were re-consolidated, Fruela ruling the entirety of what would thenceforth be referred to as the Kingdom of León. His death the next year, 925, again brought about disputed succession and partition. A younger brother, Ramiro, appears to have married Fruela's widow and adopted the royal title, but gained no traction. Instead it was the next generation that rose to the forefront.
As eldest son of the prior king, Alfonso Fróilaz was crowned but proved unable to extend his power to the entire kingdom and was marginalized by his cousins the three sons of Ordoño II, who had the backing of the Kingdom of Pamplona. These brothers again partitioned the portion of the kingdom they controlled: the eldest, Sancho Ordóñez, ruling in Galicia, Alfonso IV in León, and Ramiro II in the newly conquered lands to the south (al-Andalus chronicler Ibn Hayyan located his court at Coimbra).
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