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Birth:          ABT  821 Oviedo, Galicia
Death:          27 May  866 
Burial:         Orviedo

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo%C3%B1o_I_of_Asturias
Ordoņo I (c. 821 – 27 May 866) was King of Asturias from 850 until his death.

Biography[edit]

He was born in Oviedo, where he spent his early life in the court of Alfonso II. He was 
probably associated with the crown from an early age. He was probably raised in 
Lugo, capital of the province of Galicia, of which his father, Ramiro, had been named 
governor. There he was educated, including in the military arts.

Ordoņo was named governor of Galicia when his father went to Vardulia to marry 
Paterna (his second wife). Whilst away, Alfonso died, and the nobles elected Count 
Nepocian as king. Ordoņo immediately began to raise an army to assist his father in 
claiming the throne. He could not leave his post in Galicia to help, however, and his 
army went unused. When his father finally prevailed, he confirmed Ordoņo in his 
heretofore provisional position.

On January 1, 850, Ordoņo succeeded his father as king. As he was his father's heir, 
he was the first king of Asturias to ascend the throne without election. His first 
confrontation was with the Basques, who rebelled with the support of the Banu Qasi of 
Zaragoza. While returning to Oviedo after defeating the rebels, he received news of 
an impending Moorish assault on Vardulias. Before the Moors could attack, he met 
them near the Ebro and defeated them. These victories meant little in the long run, for 
the governor of Zaragoza, Musa ibn Musa fortified the city of Albaida (Albelda). In 
859, Ordoņo defeated him at Albelda and besieged and razed the city.

He supported the mozarab rebels, which cost him at Guadacelete in 854. But this 
fiasco only incited him to consolidate the "Desert of the Duero", the depopulated 
region between the Asturian cordillera and the river Duero. He directed the 
repoblación of the towns of León and Talamanka,[1] Astorga, Tui, and Amaya.[2]

He intended to advance against the governor of Tudela and thus control all access to 
the Navarre and the Basque Country, but the Emirate of Córdoba responded with the 
invasion and sacking of Álava.[citation needed] At Bureba, the Arabs defeated 
Rodrigo, first count of Castile, and set back the Reconquista for years.[citation 
needed]

Ordoņo married Muniadona. He had six children, including his successor, Alfonso III.

Ordoņo died in Oviedo and was succeeded by his eldest son.

Parents
____ Ramiro I (ABT  790 - 1 Feb  850)
----- ----- ()

Siblings
____ Rodrigo (ABT  810 - 4 Oct  873)
____ Ordono I (ABT  821 - 27 May  866)

Marriage To ____ Muniadona (ABT  830 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ ---- (father of Gaton and Muniadona) ()
----- ----- ()

Children by ____ Muniadona ABT  830 - 
____ Alfonso III "the Great" ( 848 - 20 Dec  910)
ORDONEZ Nunio (ABT  850 - AFT  900)

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