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ALFONSO ([705/10]-[757], bur Santa María). The Chronicle of Alfonso III names "Alfonso the son of Peter, who was the leader of the Cantabrians and was of the royal line" when recording his arrival in Asturias[65] . The Historia Silense records that "Petrus ex Recaredi… Gotorum principis progenie" had "duos filios… Adefonsum… et Froylam"[66]. His birth date range is estimated based on his having fought alongside his father-in-law, therefore before 737, according to the Chronicle of Alfonso III[67]. [Duque de Cantabria.] The Chronicle of Alfonso III states that, after the death of Fáfila (his brother-in-law, in 739), he was elected to succeed as ALFONSO I "el Católico" King of Asturias[68] . He took advantage of instability in the Muslim Government of al-Andalus following the Berber rebellion of 741, and of a severe famine in 750, to expand the area of Christian settlements to the north of the Duero river, a list of the towns he conquered being set out in the <b 20>Chronicle of Alfonso III[69]. Ibn Idhari ́s al-Bayan Al-Moghrib records 748-753 as years of drought and famine, that in 750 "the people of Galicia raised themselves" and that many campaigns were directed against them, and that as a result of the famine "the major part of the [Muslim] population emigrated to Tangier, zawila and the African coastline "departing from" the river sidona, known as Barbat"[70] . King Alfonso established fortifications along the central Cordillera at Coimbra, Coria, Talavera, Madrid, Guadalajara and Medinaceli, fixing the northern frontier of the Muslim occupation for the next three centuries. On the other hand, King Alfonso was less successful along his eastern frontier, where the Muslims established settlements as far as the Pyrenees, including Pamplona, Tudela, Huesca, Girona and even Narbonne until it was captured by Pépin King of the Franks in [759] [71]. The Chronicle of Alfonso III states that King Alfonso "lived as king for eighteen years and died a natural death"[72]. The Chronicon Compostellani records that “Alfonsus” reigned 19 years, one month and one day[73]. Ibn-Khaldun states that "Alphonse fils de Pedro" died "en 142" ([4 May 759/22 Apr 760]) after reigning 18 years[74]. The Sebastiani Chronicon records that "Adefonsus… cum uxore sua Regina Ermesinda" was buried "in territorio Cangas in Monasterio S. Mariæ"[75]. m (before 737) ERMESINDA de Asturias, daughter of PELAYO King of Asturias & his wife Gaudiosa ---. The Chronicon Albeldense records that “Bermisindam, Pelagii filiam” married “Adefonsus… Petri, Cantabriæ ducis filius” who succeeded King Fáfila[76]. The Chronicle of Alfonso III names "the daughter of Pelayo Ermesinda" when recording her marriage to "Alfonso the son of Peter"[77] . Her birth date range is estimated from the birth of her first known child in [740]. Her marriage date is deduced from the Chronicle of Alfonso III recording that Alfonso "enjoyed many victories alongside his father-in-law"[78] . The Sebastiani Chronicon records that "Adefonsus… cum uxore sua Regina Ermesinda" was buried "in territorio Cangas in Monasterio S. Mariæ"[79]. Mistress (1): ---. The name of King Alfonso's mistress is unknown. She is named Sisalda by Fernández de Béthencourt[80]. The primary source on which this is based has not been identified: according to Barrau-Dihigo, she is not named in any near contemporary source[81].
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Alfonso I de Asturias, rey de Asturias desde el año 739 al 757, apodado "el Católico". Sucedió a Favila y fue sucedido por su hijo Fruela.
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Nació en el año 693. Era yerno del caudillo Don Pelayo, ya que estaba casado con su hija Ermesinda, e hijo de Pedro, Duque de Cantabria; y según crónicas posteriores de dudosa credibilidad, descendiente del rey hispano visigodo Recaredo.
Con Alfonso I se intensifica la labor de Reconquista, aprovechando las luchas internas de los árabes. Aprovechando que los bereberes habían abandonado la zona noroeste de la península, se anexionó Galicia y el norte de Portugal en el 740. También conquistó León en el 754, e incluso llegó hasta La Rioja, pero no se pudo repoblar. Contó con la importante colaboración de su hermano Fruela, que capitaneó muchas de las campañas militares de su reinado.
En estas campañas de reconquista las ciudades y pueblos quedaban vacíos, tras matar a todos los musulmanes que hallaban en ellos y llevar a sus habitantes cristianos hacia las tierras más seguras del norte.
Este modo de actuar trajo consigo dos consecuencias de gran repercusión para el futuro, tanto desde el punto de vista demográfico como cultural, en todo el territorio:
* La creación del llamado «Desierto del Duero»: El área comprendida entre el río Duero y la Cordillera Cantábrica quedó prácticamente despoblada. Según Herculano, para dificultar así los futuros avances de tropas musulmanas hacia el norte, aunque otros historiadores consideran que esta despoblación no fue realizada conscientemente. La repoblación de parte de estas tierras comenzará a producirse 100 años más tarde, con gentes del propio reino y mozárabes venidos de reinos musulmanes.
* El incremento de población que experimentaron las tierras de la vertiente norte de la Cordillera, Cantabria y Asturias, con la gente traída de la Meseta Central, provocó la necesaria roturación de nuevas tierras y la fundación de nuevos pueblos y aldeas, configurando el tipo de poblamiento que ha llegado hasta nuestros días.
La incorporación por Alfonso I de gentes procedentes de los Campos Góticos, que conservaban cierta tradición guerrera, bastante perdida por la población hispano-romana, si se exceptúa a los pobladores de norte, menos inculturados en el mundo romano, dio impulso a la reconquista y permitió reforzar la zona sur del reino más expuesto a las incursiones enemigas.
Matrimonio y descendencia
Casó con Ermesinda, hija de Don Pelayo. Fueron sus hijos:
* Fruela I, rey de Asturias.
* Vimarano.
* Adosinda. Casó con Silo, sexto rey de Asturias.
Alfonso I de Asturias
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Alfonso I de Asturias. La imagen que se ve aquí de este rey forma parte de una serie de estatuas dedicadas a todos los monarcas de España, mandadas hacer para la decoración del Palacio Real de Madrid en el reinado de Fernando VI. En un principio la idea era que adornasen la cornisa del palacio. Los autores son Domenico Olivieri y Felipe de Castro. Parece ser que nunca llegaron a su destino y se colocaron en distintos lugares de la ciudad (Plaza de Oriente, El Retiro, Puerta de Toledo) y algunas se llevaron a otras provincias.Alfonso I de Asturias, rey de Asturias desde el año 739 al 757, apodado "el Católico". Sucedió a Favila y fue sucedido por su hijo Fruela.
Biografía
Era yerno del caudillo Don Pelayo, ya que estaba casado con su hija Ermesinda, e hijo de Pedro, Duque de Cantabria; y según crónicas posteriores de dudosa credibilidad, descendiente del rey hispano visigodo Recaredo.
Con Alfonso I se intensifica la labor de Reconquista, aprovechando las luchas internas de los árabes. Aprovechando que los bereberes habían abandonado la zona noroeste de la península, se anexionó Galicia y el norte de Portugal en el 740. También conquistó León en el 754, e incluso llegó hasta La Rioja, pero no se pudo repoblar. Contó con la importante colaboración de su hermano Fruela, que capitaneó muchas de las campañas militares de su reinado.
En estas campañas de reconquista las ciudades y pueblos quedaban vacíos, tras matar a todos los musulmanes que hallaban en ellos y llevar a sus habitantes cristianos hacia las tierras más seguras del norte.
Este modo de actuar trajo consigo dos consecuencias de gran repercusión para el futuro, tanto desde el punto de vista demográfico como cultural, en todo el territorio:
La creación del llamado «Desierto del Duero»: El área comprendida entre el río Duero y la Cordillera Cantábrica quedó prácticamente despoblada. Según Herculano, para dificultar así los futuros avances de tropas musulmanas hacia el norte, aunque otros historiadores consideran que esta despoblación no fue realizada conscientemente. La repoblación de parte de estas tierras comenzará a producirse 100 años más tarde, con gentes del propio reino y mozárabes venidos de reinos musulmanes.
El incremento de población que experimentaron las tierras de la vertiente norte de la Cordillera, Cantabria y Asturias, con la gente traída de la Meseta Central, provocó la necesaria roturación de nuevas tierras y la fundación de nuevos pueblos y aldeas, configurando el tipo de poblamiento que ha llegado hasta nuestros días.
La incorporación por Alfonso I de gentes procedentes de los Campos Góticos, que conservaban cierta tradición guerrera, bastante perdida por la población hispano-romana, si se exceptúa a los pobladores de norte, menos inculturados en el mundo romano, dio impulso a la reconquista y permitió reforzar la zona sur del reino más expuesto a las incursiones enemigas.
Matrimonio y descendencia
Casó con Ermesinda, hija de Don Pelayo. Fueron sus hijos:
Fruela I, rey de Asturias.
Vimarano.
Adosinda. Casó con Silo, sexto rey de Asturias.
3er. rey de Asturias y Galicia, 739-757
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Alfonso I of Asturias
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Statue in Madrid (J. Porcel, 1750-53).
Alfonso I (more rarely Alonso), called the Catholic (el Católico), was the King of Asturias from 739 to his death in 757.
He was son of Duke Peter of Cantabria, and held many lands in that region. He may have been the hereditary chief of the Basques, but this is uncertain. He is said to have married Ermesinda, daughter of Pelayo, who founded the kingdom after the Battle of Covadonga in which he reversed the Moorish conquest of the region. He succeeded Pelayo's son, his brother-in-law, Favila on the throne after the latter's premature death.
Whether Pelayo or Favila were ever considered kings in their own lifetime is debatable, but Alfonso certainly was. He began a lifelong war against the Moors. In 740, he conquered Galicia and in 754, León. He went as far as La Rioja. However, the few urban populations of these frontier regions fled to his northern dominions, leaving a depopulated buffer between the Christian and Muslim states.
This created the so-called Desert of the Duero, an empty region between the River Duero and the Asturian Mountains. Alfonso intended it this way; he wished to leave such a zone where any invading army would find it too difficult to survive. Besides the martial, the demographic and cultural effect of this policy on later Asturian and Spanish and Portuguese history is large. It was over a hundred years before the region was repopulated (an event known as the Repoblación).
The Arab writers speak of the kings of the northwest of Iberia as the Beni-Alfons (descendants of Alfonso), and appear to recognize them as a Galician royal stock derived from Alfonso I. Alfonso is credited with establishing the shrine of Our Lady of Covadonga in commemoration of his father in law's victory at the Battle of Covadonga.
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Alfonso I (more rarely Alonso), called the Catholic (el Católico), was the King of Asturias from 739 to his death in 757. He was son of Duke Peter of Cantabria, and held many lands in that region. He may have been the hereditary chief of the Basques, but this is uncertain. He is said to have married Ermesinda, daughter of Pelayo, who founded the kingdom after the Battle of Covadonga in which he reversed the Moorish conquest of the region. He succeeded Pelayo's son, his brother-in-law, Favila on the throne after the latter's premature death.
Whether Pelayo or Favila were ever considered kings in their own lifetime is debatable, but Alfonso certainly was. He began a lifelong war against the Moors. In 740, he conquered Galicia and in 754, León. He went as far as La Rioja. However, the populations of these frontier regions fled to his northern dominions, leaving a depopulated buffer between the Christian and Muslim states.
This created the so-called Desert of the Duero, an empty region between the River Duero and the Asturian Mountains. Alfonso intended it this way; he wished to leave such a zone where any invading army would find it too difficult to survive. Besides the martial, the demographic and cultural effect of this policy on later Asturian and Spanish and Portuguese history is large. It was over a hundred years before the region was repopulated (an event known as the Repoblación).
The Arab writers speak of the kings of the northwest of Iberia as the Beni-Alfons (descendants of Alfonso), and appear to recognize them as a Galician royal stock derived from Alfonso I.
Alfonso I (more rarely Alonso), called the Catholic (el Católico), was the King of Asturias from 739 to his death in 757.
He and his descendants formed the Beni Alfons dynasty.
He was son of Duke Peter of Cantabria, and held many lands in that region. He may have been the hereditary chief of the Basques, but this is uncertain. He is said to have married Ermesinda, daughter of Pelayo, who founded the kingdom after the Battle of Covadonga in which he reversed the Moorish conquest of the region. He succeeded Pelayo's son, his brother-in-law, Favila on the throne after the latter's premature death.
Whether Pelayo or Favila were ever considered kings in their own lifetime is debatable, but Alfonso certainly was. He began a lifelong war against the Moors. In 740, he conquered Galicia and in 754, León. He went as far as La Rioja. However, the populations of these frontier regions fled to his northern dominions, leaving a depopulated buffer between the Christian and Muslim states.
This created the so-called Desert of the Duero, an empty region between the River Duero and the Asturian Mountains. Alfonso intended it this way; he wished to leave such a zone where any invading army would find it too difficult to survive. Besides the martial, the demographic and cultural effect of this policy on later Asturian and Spanish and Portuguese history is large. It was over a hundred years before the region was repopulated (an event known as the Repoblación).
The Arab writers speak of the kings of the northwest of Iberia as the Beni-Alfons (descendants of Alfonso), and appear to recognize them as a Galician royal stock derived from Alfonso I.
Padre: Pedro, duque da Cantabria * c. 0660
Madre: N
Matrimonio I: c. 0723
Ermesinda de Asturias * 0700
Hijos del Matrimonio I:
Hijos de N
in: GeneAll.es <http://www.geneall.net/H/per_page.php?id=8165>
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Afonso I das Astúrias (? — 757) foi Rei das Astúrias e Duque da Cantábria desde 739, descendente do rei visigodo Recaredo. Alguns autores indicam que terá casado com Ermesinda, filha de Pelágio, tornando-se, portanto, seu genro e herdeiro do trono. Era herdeiro das terras na Cantábria por parte do seu pai, o Duque Pedro de Cantábria.
Afonso I autoproclama-se Rei das Astúrias, ao contrário de Pelágio e seu filho Fávila, e, com ele, retoma-se a Reconquista, aproveitando as guerras internas dos mouros. Anexa-se a Galiza em 740, Leão em 754. Governou durante 19 anos.
De Ermesinda,
E de uma árabe, cujo casamento daria um filho bastardo:
in: Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre <http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_das_Ast%C3%BArias>
3º REI DAS ASTÚRIAS, Espanha, falecido em 757
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At the time of his rein, questions emerged about the Asturian monarchy having had Jewish ancestry. In a desperate attempt, King Alfonso tried to obliterate these "rumors" by executing those who he suspected had knowledge of this hazardous secret. Nevertheless, some of his descendants during the Spanish Inquisition were indeed labels as Jews and, as an attempt to avoid persecution, relocated to the Canary Islands and later on to the Americas (including Puerto Rico).
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