Ramiro II of León

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Ramiro II (c.900–951), son of Ordoño II, was King of León from 931 until his death. Initially titular king only of a lesser part of Asturias, he gained the crown of León (and with it, Galicia) after his brother Alfonso IV abdicated in 931.

Ramiro was the creator of a Navarrese, Leonine and Aragonese coalition that defeated the Muslims in the Battle of Simancas (939). This victory allowed the advance of the Leonine border of the Duero to the Tormes.

In the last years of his reign he could not avoid Castilian independence under the direction of Count Fernán González, but still in 950 he launched an expedition to the valley of the Edge and defeated the Muslims at Talavera.

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• Genealogy trees here and here
• List of Kings of León here
• Spanish language articles:
  • El rey del Noroeste español
  • Baile de coronas, crisis interna
  • Grandes batallas y grandes botines
  • Demostración de fuerza

Preceded by Alfonso IV

King of León 931–951

Succeeded by Ordoño III