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Alfonso III of León, the Great

ALFONSO III, RE DI LEÓN, IL GRANDE

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Also known as: Spanish: Alfonso III el Magno, Alfonso III de León; French: Alphonse III de León; Latin: Adefonsus III

ALFONSO III OF LEÓN, the Great. - Born in 838, died in 912, son of Ordoño I. Under him began the internal dissensions among the Christians, which were to delay by several centuries the total reconquest of Spain. Nevertheless A., having defeated the Galicians and the Alavese and pacified the kingdom after the defeat inflicted on him by the Biscayans, was able to devote himself to the happiness of his subjects, to the protection of the sciences and principally to the war against the Saracens, taking from them the cities of Viseu, Coimbra, Lamego and others in Castile. He abdicated in 910, dividing the kingdom among his rebellious sons: Garcia (León), Ordoño II (Galicia and Portugal), Fruela (Asturias).

Bibliography

BIBL.: A. Ballesteros, Historia de España y su influencia en la historia universal, II, Barcelona 1920, pp. 196-201. Giuseppe M. Pou y Marti

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 859.

More by Giuseppe Pou y Marti: Alfonso IX, King of León · Alfonso I of Portugal, called the Conqueror · Alfonso II of Portugal, called the Fat · Alfonso XI, King of Castile and León · Alfonso III of Portugal, called the Reformer

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Pou, y Marti Giuseppe. “Alfonso III, re di león, il grande.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 859. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/alfonso-iii-re-di-leon-il-grande.

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Pou, y Marti Giuseppe. “Alfonso III, re di león, il grande.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 859. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/alfonso-iii-re-di-leon-il-grande.

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  author    = {Pou, y Marti Giuseppe},
  title     = {Alfonso III, re di león, il grande},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {859},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/alfonso-iii-re-di-leon-il-grande}
}

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