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Ordoño II of León
Ordoño II was a son of Alfonso III of Asturias who received Galicia when his father's realm was divided in 910. On the death of his brother García I in 914 he also became king of León, made the city of León his royal seat and so gave the kingdom its name. He fought the Emirate of Córdoba with mixed success and died in 924.
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