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Alfonso I

king of Asturias
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Also known as: Alfonso el Católico, Alfonso the Catholic
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Byname:
Alfonso The Catholic
Spanish:
Alfonso El Católico
Born:
693?
Died:
757, Cangas, Galicia
Also Known As:
Alfonso el Católico
Alfonso the Catholic
Title / Office:
king (739-757), Asturias
Role In:
Reconquista
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Alfonso I (born 693?—died 757, Cangas, Galicia) 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. He also campaigned far to the south of the Asturian mountains, but lack of manpower made it impossible to exert permanent control on the plains and, in his time, a wide, largely uninhabited no-man’s-land came into being between Asturias and the settled territories of the emirate of Córdoba.

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