{"slug": "kingdom-of-asturias", "label": "Kingdom of Asturias", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Asturias", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231392", "qid": "Q231392", "description": "former kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula", "entries": 32, "years": 26, "span": [685, 924], "span_label": ["685 CE", "924 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 16}, {"title": "Births", "count": 10}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "alfonso-iii-of-asturias", "label": "Alfonso III of Asturias", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "reconquista", "label": "Reconquista", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-leon", "label": "Kingdom of León", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "christians", "label": "Christians", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-galicia", "label": "Kingdom of Galicia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caliphate-of-cordoba", "label": "Caliphate of Córdoba", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "narbonne", "label": "Narbonne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "languedoc", "label": "Languedoc", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 685, "year_label": "685 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Pelagius, king of Asturias (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749113#Births", "title": "685", "revid": 1364749113, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 693, "year_label": "693 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Alfonso I, king of Asturias (approximate date; d. 757)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806250#Births", "title": "693", "revid": 1340806250, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 718, "year_label": "718 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Battle of Covadonga: Pelagius (Don Pelayo) is proclaimed king (caudillo), and defeats the Umayyad forces under Munuza, provincial governor of Asturias, at Picos de Europa (near Covadonga). This marks the beginning of the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula. He founds the Kingdom of Asturias, and establishes a military base at Cangas de Onís (northwest of Spain) (or 722).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661186#Western_Europe", "title": "718", "revid": 1367661186, "section": "Events › By place › Western Europe"}}, {"year": 720, "year_label": "720 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Umayyad Caliphate reaches its greatest extent in Spain, controlling all of it except a small region in the north controlled by the Kingdom of Asturias.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349994139#Arabian_Empire", "title": "720", "revid": 1349994139, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 722, "year_label": "722 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Battle of Covadonga: Visigothic nobleman Pelagius (Don Pelayo) defeats the Umayyad forces under Munuza, provincial governor of Asturias, at Picos de Europa (near Covadonga). This marks the beginning of the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula. He founds the Kingdom of Asturias, and establishes a military base at Cangas de Onís (northwest of Spain) (or 718).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808641#Europe", "title": "722", "revid": 1340808641, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 722, "year_label": "722 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Fruela I, king of Asturias (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808641#Births", "title": "722", "revid": 1340808641, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 737, "year_label": "737 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Pelagius, king of Asturias (Spain) (b. 685)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809689#Deaths", "title": "AD 737", "revid": 1340809689, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 739, "year_label": "739 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Favila, king of Asturias (Spain)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809724#Deaths", "title": "739", "revid": 1340809724, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 740, "year_label": "740 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Aurelius, king of Asturias (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352534655#Births", "title": "740", "revid": 1352534655, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 750, "year_label": "750 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Bermudo I, king of Asturias (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358128937#Births", "title": "750", "revid": 1358128937, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 757, "year_label": "757 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Alfonso I (\"the Catholic\") dies at Cangas (modern Spain), after an 18-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Fruela I as ruler of Asturias.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341678247#Europe", "title": "AD 757", "revid": 1341678247, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"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": 774, "year_label": "774 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Aurelius dies after a 6-year reign, and is succeeded by his cousin-in-law Silo, as ruler of Asturias (Northern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848019#Europe", "title": "774", "revid": 1340848019, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 774, "year_label": "774 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Aurelius, king of Asturias (Spain)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848019#Deaths", "title": "774", "revid": 1340848019, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 783, "year_label": "783 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Silo, king of Asturias (Spain)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351342197#Deaths", "title": "783", "revid": 1351342197, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 788, "year_label": "788 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Mauregatus of Asturias dies after a 5-year reign, and is succeeded by Bermudo I as ruler of Asturias (modern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753395#Europe", "title": "788", "revid": 1364753395, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 788, "year_label": "788 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mauregatus, king of Asturias (or 789)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753395#Deaths", "title": "788", "revid": 1364753395, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 789, "year_label": "789 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mauregatus, king of Asturias (or 788)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848283#Deaths", "title": "789", "revid": 1340848283, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 790, "year_label": "790 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ramiro I, king of Asturias (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848291#Births", "title": "790", "revid": 1340848291, "section": "Births"}}, {"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": 793, "year_label": "793 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emir Hisham I of Córdoba calls for a jihad (\"Holy War\") against the Christian Franks. He assembles an army of 70,000 men, half of which attacks the Kingdom of Asturias, destroying its capital, Oviedo, while the other half invades Languedoc, penetrating as far as Narbonne. After capturing the city, the contingent moves towards Carcassonne and conquers it too. Both armies return to Córdoba enriched with the spoils of war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906953#Arabian_Empire", "title": "793", "revid": 1364906953, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 797, "year_label": "797 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Bermudo I, king of Asturias (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358611998#Deaths", "title": "797", "revid": 1358611998, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 821, "year_label": "821 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ordoño I, king of Asturias (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941313#Births", "title": "821", "revid": 1340941313, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 848, "year_label": "848 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Alfonso III, king of Asturias (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129160#Births", "title": "848", "revid": 1341129160, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 850, "year_label": "850 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – Ramiro I, king of Asturias", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129147#Deaths", "title": "850", "revid": 1341129147, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 850, "year_label": "850 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – King Ramiro I dies in his palace at Santa María del Naranco (near Oviedo), after an 8-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Ordoño I, as ruler of Asturias.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129147#Europe", "title": "850", "revid": 1341129147, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 866, "year_label": "866 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Ordoño I, king of Asturias", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129580#Deaths", "title": "866", "revid": 1341129580, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 866, "year_label": "866 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – King Ordoño I, ruler of the Kingdom of Asturias, dies after a 16-year reign. He is succeeded by his son, Alfonso III, who later is referred to as \"Alfonso the Great\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129580#Europe", "title": "866", "revid": 1341129580, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 875, "year_label": "875 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Fruela II, king of Asturias and León (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352180718#Births", "title": "875", "revid": 1352180718, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 910, "year_label": "910 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Summer – King Alfonso III of Asturias is forced to abdicate the throne and partitions the kingdom among his three sons. The eldest son, García I, becomes king of León. The second son, Ordoño II, reigns in Galicia, while the third, Fruela II, receives Asturias with Oviedo as his capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130820#Europe", "title": "910", "revid": 1341130820, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 910, "year_label": "910 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – Alfonso III, king of Asturias", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130820#Deaths", "title": "910", "revid": 1341130820, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 924, "year_label": "924 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June", "text": "June – Fruela II, King of Asturias in what is now Portugal, becomes the new ruler of the Kingdom of León and the Kingdom of Galicia in Spain upon the death of his younger brother, King Ordoño II, who dies after a 14-year reign. The ascent of Fruela reunites Asturias, Galicia and Leon. Fruela, who is not popular with the nobles, orders the assassination of the sons of Olmundo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360748864#April—June", "title": "924", "revid": 1360748864, "section": "Events › April—June"}}]}