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
Depiction in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312–1325
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
Mauregatus
…Mauregatus the Usurper (Spanish: Mauregato) 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 of his half sister Adosinda, earning himself the nickname of the…
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