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
Favila of Asturias
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Favila or Fafila was the second King of Asturias from 737 until his death. He was the only son and successor of Pelagius, the first Asturian monarch.
Alfonso I of Asturias
…his death in 757. His reign saw a great extension of the Christian domain of 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…
Carvings depicting Favila's last day, from the twelfth-century portal of the monastery of San Pedro de Villanueva