List of Leonese monarchs

Rulers of the Kingdom of León

Coat of arms of León with the Royal Crest.

In the reign of Ordoño I of Asturias (850–866), the kingdom began to be known as that of León. In 910, an independent Kingdom of León was founded when the king of Asturias divided his territory amongst his three sons.

Below follows a list of Leonese monarchs. It is, in part, a continuation of the list of Asturian monarchs.

Kings of León

Astur-Leonese dynasty

Jiménez Dynasty

House of Ivrea / Burgundy

The follow dynasts are descendants, in the male line, of Urraca's husband, Raymond of Burgundy.

House of Trastámara

Royal arms of the Crown of Castile by the time of John II

Henry II, the founder of the Trastámara dynasty was installed after victory in the Castilian Civil War. Under the Trastámaras, as with the late kings of the House of Ivrea/Burgundy, Castile and León were governed together, constituting the core of the Crown of Castile.

House of Habsburg

Under the Hapsburgs, León continued to be governed as part of the Crown of Castile, as under the Trastámaras.

Coat of arms of Philip I

House of Bourbon

Coat of arms of Philip V

Family tree

The colors denotes the monarchs from the:

000 - Astur-Leonese Dynasty; 000 - Jiménez dynasty; 000 -House of Burgundy

—— The solid lines denote the legitimate descents

– – – - The dashed lines denote a marriage

· · · · The dotted lines denote the liaisons and illegitimate descendants

See also

• List of Spanish monarchs
• Kings of Spain family tree
• Kingdom of León
• Lists of incumbents

Further reading

• Barton, Simon. The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Appendix I: "The Counts of Twelfth Century León and Castile", pp. 235–302.