Imaginary portrait of king alfonso iv of león († 933). He was the son of king ordoño ii of león and queen elvira menéndez. He was crowned in the year 926 and renounced the throne after the death of his wife, queen oneca of pamplona. After his abdication he entered the sahagún monastery as a religious, but he tried to recover the leonese throne and his brother, ramiro ii of león, who already reigned in his place, captured him and ordered him to be blinded. He died in the year 933 in the disappeared monastery of san julián and santa basilisa de ruiforco. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1851. Dimensions: height: 225 cm (88.5 in); width: 140 cm (55.1 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo del Prado. Alfonso IV el Monje, rey de León (Museo del Prado)
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