Alfonso I of Asturias
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Alfonso I of Asturias, called the Catholic, was the third king of Asturias, reigning from 739 to his death in 757. His reign saw a great extension of the Christian domain of Asturias, reconquering Gal
An 18th-century statue of Alfonso I, by Juan Porcel in Madrid
Depiction of Alfonso in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312–1325
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 I of Asturias
…Asturias, reconquering Galicia and León. He succeeded his brother-in-law Favila, and was succeeded by his son, Fruela I. Alfonso's illegitimate son, Mauregatus, also became king, and his daughter Adosinda was consort to King Silo of Asturias. The dynasty started by Alfonso was known in contemporary Al-Andalus…
Depiction in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312–1325