Ordoño I Ramírez Rey of Asturias & Galicia
- Born: Abt 830, Asturias, Iberia 493
- Marriage: (Señora) Nuña * Ramírez
- Died: 27 May 866, Oviedo, Asturias, Iberia about age 36 493
- Buried: Oviedo Santa María 493
 Noted events in his life were:
• Dates & Events. 165,203,204
Ordoño I ruled Asturias and Galicia in present day Spain between 850 and 866.
He lent Asturian assistance to Toledo rebels in the fight against Muhammad I of Córdoba in 854.
He directed the resettlement of León, Astorga, Tuy & Amaya with the people who fleed al-Andalus. This made him also the king of León in 855.
• Dates & Events. 493
He succeeded his father in 850 as Ordoño I King of Asturias. In 859 he defeated Musa ibn Musa ibn Fortún, head of the Banu Qasi family, who had rebelled against Muhammad Emir of Córdoba and taken control of Zaragoza, Tudela, Huesca and Toledo. King Ordoño I fortified the towns of León, Astorga, Tuy and Amaya. He suppressed a Basque rebellion. His forces were defeated by Abd al-Rahman, son of Emir Muhammad, in 863 when "nineteen counts were killed in the battle."
Ordoño married (Señora) Nuña * Ramírez.
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