Ramiro III of León
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Ramiro III king of León (966–984), was the son of Sancho the Fat and his successor at the age of only five. During his minority, the regency
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 was in the hands of two nuns: his aunt Elvira Ramírez of León, who took the title of queen during the minority, and his mother Teresa Ansúrez, who was put in a convent on her husband's death.
As a consequence of this, his reign is known for its support of the clergy.

Among his acts as king during his minority, he ratified a peace treaty
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 with Caliph al-Hakam II
Al-Hakam II
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 and he confronted Viking
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s who had invaded Galicia. With the conclusion of the peace treaty, the vizier
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 Almanzor invaded his realm.

Upon reaching his majority and after his wedding to Sancha (d. after 983), daughter of Gómez, Count of Saldaña, Ramiro tried to institute an absolutist monarchy which resulted in the alienation of the already separatist Galicia and Castile
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. This, together with the constant routs experienced at the hands of the Muslim
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s, the worst of which took place at San Esteban de Gormaz
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 in 976, led the Galician nobility in 982 to proclaim Bermudo II
Bermudo II of León
Bermudo II , called the Gouty , was the King of Galicia and León . His reign is summed up by Justo Pérez de Urbel's description of him as "el pobre rey atormentado en la vida por la espada de Almanzor y en muerte por la pluma vengadora de un obispo" Bermudo (or Vermudo) II (956–999), called the...

, son of Ordoño III
Ordoño III of León
Ordoño III was the King of León from 951 to 956, son and successor of Ramiro II . He confronted Navarre and Castile, who supported his half-brother Sancho the Fat in disputing Ordoño's claim to the throne....

, king of Galicia and of the land which later became Portugal. He lost his throne to Bermudo two years later, in 984.
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