Fruela I (d. 768) was a King of Asturias (757 - 768). He was the eldest son of Alfonso I and continued the work of his father. Events Charles (Charlemagne) and Carloman divide the Frankish kingdom after the death of their father Pippin the Short. ... Capital Oviedo Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 10th  10 604 km²  2,1% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 12th  1 056 789  2,5%  99,65/km² Demonym  – English  – Spanish  Asturian  asturiano/a, astur Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 ISO 3166-2 O Parliamentary representation  – Congress seats... Events March 9 - A major earthquake strikes Palestine and Syria Offa becomes king of Mercia. ... Alfonso I was a King of Asturias (739-757) He is said to have married Ormesinda, daughter of Pelayo, who was raised on the shield in Asturias as king of the Visigoths after the Moorish conquest. ...

He suppressed an uprising of the Basques, from whom he took Munia (Munina), of noble family, and later married. She later gave birth to Alfonso (afterward Alfonso II the Chaste) and Jimena, mother of the hero of romance Bernardo del Carpio. This article is about the Basque people. ... Alfonso II (759-842, king 791), Alfonso Is reputed grandson, bears the name of the Chaste. ... Bernardo del Carpio is a legendary hero of medieval Spanish legend, comparable to El Cid, thought with less historical evidence of his actual existence. ...

During his reign, the city of Oviedo was founded, on November 25, 761, when Abbot Máximo and his uncle Fromestano erected a church in honour of Saint Vincent there, and the good relations between the church and the kings of Asturias continued. Capital Oviedo Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 21st 184. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Telets succeeds Vinekh as king of Bulgaria. ...

Fruela did not finish his reign happily. Having assassinated his brother Vimarano and with the nobles restless, he named as his successor Bermudo (son of Vimerano). Unfortunately a plot was formed against him, which ended with Fruela being assassinated in Cangas de Onis and his cousin Aurelio being raised to the throne instead. Cangas de Onís is a town in the eastern part of the province and autonomous community of Asturias in the northwest of Spain. ... Aurelio of Asturias was King of Asturias from 768 to 774. ...

The bodies of Fruela and his wife Munia are interred in the cathedral at Oviedo.