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Chalcedonian Christianity. Alfonso I of Asturias, called the Catholic ( el Católico ), ( c. 693 – 757) was the third king of Asturias, reigning from 739 to his death in 757. His reign saw an extension of the Christian domain of Asturias, reconquering Galicia and León . He succeeded his brother-in-law Favila, and was succeeded by his son ...
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
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Alfonso III ( c. 848 – 20 December 910), called the Great ( Spanish: el Magno ), was the king of León, Galicia and Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. In later sources, he is the earliest to be called " Emperor of Spain ." He was also titled "Prince of all Galicia" ( Princeps totius Galletiae [1] ).
Alfonso I was the king of Asturias from 739 to 757, probably the son-in-law of the first Asturian king, Pelayo. The rebellion of the Berber garrisons in Islāmic Spain (741) and the civil strife there that followed gave him the opportunity to incorporate Galicia into his kingdom.
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17 Jul. King Alfonso II of Asturias (born in 760) has come to be known as the first pilgrim to journey to the tomb of the apostle of Santiago de Compostela. He was fundamental in the history of the Camino. Not only did he blaze the trail of the Original Camino, but he is also famous for the lifestyle he maintained during one of the most ...
The Kingdom of Asturias [3] 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 711. [4] In 718 or 722 (sources differ), Pelagius defeated an Umayyad army at the Battle of Covadonga, in what is ...
Aug 20, 2020 · This chronicle, conventionally dubbed the chronicle of Alfonso III, also examines the later years of Visigothic rule and its collapse (portrayed as being the result of sins and betrayals), but its main focus is on the rise of the Kingdom of Asturias in far north-western Spain and the beginnings of the Christian pushback against the Muslim ...
