Alfonso I of Asturias and the Expansion…

739 CE

Alfonso I of Asturias and the Expansion of Christian Rule

Alfonso, the son of Duke Peter of Cantabria, holds extensive lands in Cantabria and strengthens his position through marriage to Ermesinda, the daughter of Pelagius, the founder of Asturias who had led the Christian resistance at the Battle of Covadonga.

Following the premature death of King Favila in 739 CE, Alfonso, as Pelagius' son-in-law, ascends to the Asturian throne. His reign marks the beginning of a lifelong war against the Moors, as he works to expand and consolidate Christian rule in the northern Iberian Peninsula, continuing the early stages of what will become the Reconquista.

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