[citation needed] Ordoño was named governor of Galicia when his father went to Bardulia to marry his second wife, Paterna.

[1] Ordoño immediately began to raise an army to assist his father, in claiming the throne.

While returning to Oviedo after defeating the rebels, he received news of an impending Moorish assault on Bardulia.

According to the Chronicle of Alfonso III, Musa had placed his army at Monte Laturce, outside of Albelda, which he had recently fortified.

[1] Ordoño additionally led the repopulation of the cities of Tui, Astorga, León, and Amaya, which had been left deserted after being conquered by Alfonso II.