This is a list of the rulers of the
Kingdom of Asturias
The Kingdom of Asturias ( la, Asturum Regnum; ast, 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 ...
, a kingdom in the
Iberian peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...
during the
Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th or early 6th century to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Mi ...
. It originated as a refuge for
Visigothic
The Visigoths (; la, Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were an early Germanic people who, along with the Ostrogoths, constituted the two major political entities of the Goths within the Roman Empire in late antiquity, or what is ...
nobles following the
conquest of Iberia by the
Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by th ...
. Following the forced abdication of
Alfonso III by his sons in 910, the kingdom was split into three:
Asturias,
León, and
Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
** The medieval King ...
. All three were reunited in 924 under the Kingdom of León.
For later kings, see the
list of Leonese monarchs and the
list of Galician monarchs. From 1388, the title
Prince of Asturias has been used for the heirs to the
Castillian and
Spanish thrones.
List
Timeline
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Pelagius (; c. 354–418) was a British theologian known for promoting a system of doctrines (termed Pelagianism by his opponents) which emphasized human choice in salvation and denied original sin. Pelagius and his followers abhorred the moral ...
from:737 till:739 shift:($dx,-6) text: Favila
from:739 till:757 shift:($dx,-5) text: Alfonso I
from:757 till:768 shift:($dx,-5) text: Fruela I
from:768 till:774 shift:($dx,-5) text: Aurelio
from:774 till:783 shift:($dx,-5) text:Silo
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from:783 till:789 shift:($dx,-7) text: Mauregato
from:789 till:791 shift:($dx,-5) text: Bermudo I
from:791 till:842 shift:($dx,-5) text: Alfonso II
from:842 till:850 shift:($dx,-5) text: Ramiro I
from:850 till:866 shift:($dx,-5) text: Ordoño I
from:866 till:910 shift:($dx,-5) text: Alfonso III
from:910 till:925 shift:($dx,-4) text: Fruela II
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See also
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Kingdom of Asturias
The Kingdom of Asturias ( la, Asturum Regnum; ast, 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 ...
*
Astur-Leonese dynasty
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