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Under King Alfonso II (791–842), the kingdom was firmly established with Alfonso's recognition as king of Asturias by Charlemagne and the Pope. He conquered Galicia and the Basques.
This is a list of the rulers of the Kingdom of Asturias, a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula during the Early Middle Ages. It originated as a refuge for Visigothic nobles following the conquest of Iberia by the Umayyad Caliphate.
ImageNameLifeReignc. 685 – 737714 – 737Favila Fáfila, Favilacdied 739737 – 739Alfonso I, the Catholic Alonso I, el ...c. 693 – 757739 – 757Fruela I, the Cruel Fruela I, Froila I, ...c. 722 – 768757 – 768The Kingdom of Asturias (Latin: Asturum Regnum; Asturian: Reinu d'Asturies) was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the Visigothic nobleman Pelagius. It was the first Christian political entity established after the Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 718 or 722. [2]
Pelayo (died c. 737) was the founder of the Christian kingdom of Asturias in northern Spain, which survived through the period of Moorish hegemony to become the spearhead of the Christian Reconquista in the later Middle Ages. Pelayo’s historical personality is overshadowed by his legend.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Alfonso III was the king of Asturias from 866 to 910, son of Ordoño I. Winning a contested succession, he moved his capital forward from Oviedo to the recently restored Roman city of León. Under him, Porto (Oporto) was occupied in 868, and Castile took shape around Burgos, drawing on his Basque.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Alfonso III (c. 848 – 20 December 910), called the Great (Spanish: el Magno), was king of Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. After his death, the Kingdom of Asturias was split between his sons, with García inhereting León, Ordoño inhereting Galicia, and Fruela inhereting Asturias.
Asturias fronted the Bay of Biscay. Created just seven years after the collapse of the Visigothic kingdom, Asturias was a Christian revival of that former kingdom and its Suevi antecedent (although not the earliest - the County of Barcelona was established one year before, in 717).
