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Personal data Alfonso III "de Grote" van Asturië 

• He was born in the year 848.

  Attention: Was older than 90 years (121) when married (??-??-969).

• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Alfons III de Grote (ca. 848 - 20 december 910) werd geboren als oudste zoon van Ordoño I van Asturië en zijn echtgenote Munia.
  
  Op achttienjarige leeftijd volgde hij zijn overleden vader op als koning van Asturië in 866 tot 910.
  
  Hij maakte van León, dat zijn vader in 856 had heroverd, zijn nieuwe residentie wat maakte dat in de nabije toekomst van het "Koninkrijk León" zou gesproken worden in plaats van het "Koninkrijk Asturië".
  
  Hij was overwinnaar in diverse gevechten tegen de Moren en bezette in 868 Porto en in 878 Coimbra.
  
  Hij was gehuwd met Jimena, een dochter van koning Garcia I van Pamplona en hadden samen wel zes zonen waarvan drie later delen van het erfrijk verwierven.
  
  Zoon Garcia verwierf León, zoon Ordoño het deel Galicië en Asturië kwam toe aan zoon Fruela.
  
  De afloop van Alfons' bestuur en de machtsoverdracht verliepen echter niet rimpelloos. De oudste zoon Garcia ondernam immers een rebellie tegen zijn vader maar verloor. Hij werd gekerkerd maar zijn broers zetten een samenzwering op met hun moeder. Alfons III moest inbinden en werd gedwongen tot troonsafstand.
  
  De oude koning ging in ballingschap en stierf nog hetzelfde jaar (910). Alfons zou het beroemde Kruis van Covadonga aan de kathedraal van Oviedo hebben geschonken.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Alfonso III (c. 848 – December 910), called the Great, was the king of León, Galicia and Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. In later sources he is the earliest to be called "Emperor of Spain". He was also titled "Prince of all Galicia" (Princeps totius Galletiae[1]).
  
  Little is known about Alfonso except the bare facts of his reign and of his comparative success in consolidating the kingdom during the weakness of the Umayyad princes of Córdoba. He fought against and gained numerous victories over the Muslims of al-Andalus, nonetheless his kingdom was always inferior to that of the Cordobans, and he was thus forced to pay them tribute.
  
  He defeated a Basque rebellion in 867 and, much later, a Galician one as well. He conquered Oporto and Coimbra in 868 and 878 respectively. In about 869, he formed an alliance with the Kingdom of Pamplona, and solidified this link by marrying Jimena, who is thought to have been daughter of king García Íñiguez, or less likely, a member of the Jiménez dynasty, and also married his sister Leodegundia to a prince of Pamplona.
  
  He ordered the creation of three chronicles which presented the theory that the kingdom of Asturias was the rightful successor of the old Visigothic kingdom. He was also a patron of the arts, like his grandfather before him. He built the church of Santo Adriano de Tuñón. According to a letter of disputed authenticity dated to 906, the Epistola Adefonsi Hispaniae regis, Alfonso arranged to purchase an "imperial crown" from the cathedral of Tours.[2]
  
  A year before his death, three of Alfonso's sons rose in rebellion and forced him to abdicate, partitioning the kingdom among them. The eldest son, García, became king of León. The second son, Ordoño, reigned in Galicia, while the third, Fruela, received Asturias with Oviedo as his capital. Alfonso died in Zamora, probably in 910. His former realm would be reunited when first García died childless and León passed to Ordoño. He in turn died when his children were too young to ascend, Fruela became king of a reunited crown. His death the next year initiated a series of internecine struggles that led to unstable succession for over a century.

• He died on December 20, 910, he was 62 years old.

  Attention: Died (December 20, 910) before marriage (??-??-969).

• A child of Ordono I van Asturië and Munia van Pamplona
• This information was last updated on November 12, 2012.

Household of Alfonso III "de Grote" van Asturië

He is married to Jiména Garcés van Pamplona.

They got married in the year 969.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Fruela II van Asturië  
2. Gonzalo van Asturië  -920
3. Ramiro van Asturië  -929
4. Vermudo van Asturië  
5. Garcia I van Leon  
6. Ordono II van Leon  873-924 

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