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- ! <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_V_of_Le%C3%B3n>Alfonso V of Le?nKing of Le?nReign 999?1027Coronation c. 1056Predecessor Bermudo IISuccessor Bermudo IIIConsort Elvira MendesUrraca of PamplonaIssueBermudo III of Le?nSancha of Le?nJimena of Le?nDynasty Beni AlfonsFather Bermudo II of Le?nMother Elvira Garc?a of CastileBorn c. 994Died 4 July/7 August 1028 (aged 33?34)ViseuBurial Basilica of San IsidoroReligion Roman CatholicismAlfonso V (994?1028), called the Noble, was Kingof Le?n from 999 to 1028. He was the son of Bermudo II by his second wife Elvira Garc?a of Castile. The Abbot Oliva called him "Emperor of Spain".Because ofhis 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 himto justify the belief that he had some of the qualities of a soldierand a statesman.His name, and that of his wife Elvira Mendes (sometimes Geloria Mendes), are associated with the grant of the first franchises of Le?n (1017). He was killed by an arrow while besieging the town of Viseu in northern Portugal, then heldby theMuslims.[edit]FamilyHis firstwife was Elvira MendesAlfonso and Elvira had two children:Bermudo III (c. 1015?1037)Sancha of Le?n (c. 1020?1067), married Ferdinand I of Le?nHis second wife was Urraca ofNavarre, daughter of Garc?a S?nchez IIof PamplonaAlfonso and Urraca had one daughter:Jimena of Le?n, married Fernando Gundemariz
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