Alfonso II of Asturias
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Alfonso II, nicknamed the Chaste, was the king of Asturias during two different periods: first in the year 783 and later from 791 until his death in 842. Upon his death, Nepotian attempted to usurp th
Miniature from the Libro de los Testamentos, c. 1109–1112. Alfonso is shown kneeling in prayer before Christ
Mauregatus
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Mauregatus the Usurper was the king of Asturias from 783 to 788 or 789. He was an illegitimate son of Alfonso I, supposedly by a Moorish serf. He usurped the throne on the death of Silo, the husband o
Alfonso II of Asturias
…the palace during the reign of Adosinda's husband Silo. On Silo's death, he was elected king by Adosinda's allies, but the magnates raised his uncle Mauregatus to the throne instead. Alfonso fled to Álava where he found shelter with his maternal relatives. Mauregatus was succeeded by Bermudo I, Alfonso's cousin…
Depiction in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312–1325