{"slug": "alfonso-ii-of-asturias", "label": "Alfonso II of Asturias", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_II_of_Asturias", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360388", "qid": "Q360388", "description": "King of Galicia (c. 760 – 842)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [759, 842], "span_label": ["759 CE", "842 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-asturias", "label": "Kingdom of Asturias", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "emirate-of-cordoba", "label": "Emirate of Córdoba", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alfonso-i-of-asturias", "label": "Alfonso I of Asturias", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charlemagne", "label": "Charlemagne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muslim", "label": "Muslim", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portugal", "label": "Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lisbon", "label": "Lisbon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arab-muslims", "label": "Arab Muslims", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 759, "year_label": "759 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Alfonso II, king of Asturias (d. 842)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847712#Births", "title": "759", "revid": 1340847712, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 783, "year_label": "783 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mauregatus of Asturias, illegitimate son of the late king Alfonso I, usurps the throne after the death of his brother-in-law Silo. However, the nobility has elected Alfonso II at Adosinda's (wife of Silo) insistence, but Mauregatus assembles a large army of supporters, and forces Alfonso to flee to Álava (modern Spain). Adosinda is put in the monastery of San Juan de Pravia, where she lives out the rest of her life.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351342197#Europe", "title": "783", "revid": 1351342197, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 791, "year_label": "791 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – Alfonso II, the son of former king Fruela I, becomes ruler of Asturias (Northern Spain). He moves the capital to Oviedo, the commercial centre of the region.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749143#Europe", "title": "791", "revid": 1364749143, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 798, "year_label": "798 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Alfonso II of Asturias campaigns against the Arab Muslims in Al-Andalus. With Frankish military support, he raids into Andalusia and sacks Lisbon (modern Portugal).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848766#Iberia", "title": "798", "revid": 1340848766, "section": "Events › By place › Iberia"}}, {"year": 822, "year_label": "822 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Al-Hakam I, Umayyad emir of Córdoba, dies after a 26-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Abd al-Rahman II, who begins a military campaign against King Alfonso II of Asturias in Al-Andalus (modern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267074664#Al-Andalus", "title": "822", "revid": 1267074664, "section": "Events › By place › Al-Andalus"}}, {"year": 842, "year_label": "842 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Alfonso II, king of Asturias (b. 759)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256465#Deaths", "title": "842", "revid": 1350256465, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 842, "year_label": "842 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – King Alfonso II of Asturias (Northern Spain) dies after a 50-year reign, in which he undertook numerous campaigns against the Muslim armies of the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba, and allied himself with the late Charlemagne. The childless Alfonso chooses Ramiro I, son of former king Bermudo I, as his successor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256465#Europe", "title": "842", "revid": 1350256465, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}