Sancho I Ordóñez

Sancho I Ordóñez (c. 895–929) was king of Galicia from 926 (or 925) until his death.

When Ordoño II died in 924 it was not one of his sons who ascended to the throne of León but rather his brother Fruela II of Asturias. The exact circumstances of the succession upon Fruela's death one year later (925) are unclear, but apparently it was the son of Fruela, Alfonso Froilaz, who became king. Sancho, Alfonso, and Ramiro, the sons of Ordoño II, claimed to be the rightful heirs and rebelled against their nephew. With the support of Jimeno II of Pamplona, they drove Alfonso Froilaz to the eastern marches of Asturias and divided the kingdom among themselves, Alfonso receiving the crown of León, relinquished by Sancho, and Froilaz being left in Galicia, which was Sancho's portion. He spent his reign fighting Froilaz until the latter's death.

When Sancho died in 929, Galicia was once more reunited with León.

References

*1911

External links

*Genealogy trees are [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/iberia/iberia3.html#H here] and [http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/ancient/il/iberia01.htm#link2 here] .
*Spanish language articles are [http://members.fortunecity.es/edepaz/siglox1.htm here] and [http://www.diariodeleon.es/especiales/2004/historialeon/noticia.jsp?TEXTO=2928803 here] .
* [http://home.freeuk.net/liwf/history/europe/iberia/galiciak.htm List of Kings of Galicia] .