Ramiro II of León

Ramiro II the Great ( el Grande) (* 900, † 951) was the son of the king Ordoño II of León. He was King of León from 931 until his death.

At first he was only controls a small part of Asturias. 931 he received after the abdication of his brother Alfonso IV of León, the crown of Leon and Galicia with her.

Ramiro formed an alliance with the Kingdom of Navarre and the Crown of Aragon, which defeated the Muslims at the battle of Simancas ( 939). This victory made ​​it possible to move the boundary of the kingdom of León from the Douro River to the River Tormes.

In the last year of his reign he could not prevent the independence of the Kingdom of Castile under the leadership of Fernán González. Until his death, he fought against the Moors; yet 950 he launched an attack into the valley of the Tagus and defeated the Muslims at Talavera de la Reina.