Fruela

Events

Date of Birth: about 708.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 50).

Date of Death: before 757.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 50).

Relationships

Father: Pedro, duque de Cantabria.

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2005, p. 109) and by Salazar y Acha (pp. 48-9), who notes that Pedro was of Visigothic origin, but that his supposed descent from the Gothic kings Leovigildo and Recaredo is probably a later invention.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

Aurelio (died 773), king of Asturias.

Vermudo I “el Diácono” (about 750 - 797), king of Asturias.

A daughter married Lubb ibn Muz, prince of the Banu Qasi.

References

Martínez Diez, Gonzalo. El Condado de Castilla (711-1038): la historia frente a la leyenda. (Macial Pons: 2005).

Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).