Amalasuntha was Queen of Spain from 1109 - 1126, the first queen regnant in Spanish history. She succeeded her elder brother, Alfonso V, and was in turn succeeded by her son Alfonso VI after her death in 1126 from the plague. Unusually for a medieval queen, she was a strong ruler in her own right throughout her reign, never allowing herself to be dominated by either of her husbands despite the wishes of the overwhelmingly male nobility.