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Alphonso I of Spain
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or ALPHONSO I . (739-757) is said to have married Ormesinda, daughter of Pelavo, who was raised on the shield in Asturias as king of the Goths after the Arab conquest. He is also said to have been the son of Peter. duke of Cantabria. It is not improbable that he was in fact an hereditary chief of the Basques, but no contemporary records exist. His title of the Catholic itself may very well have been the invention of later chronicles. Asturias as king of the Goths after the Arab conquest. He is also said to have been the son of Peter, duke of Cantabria. It is not improbable that he was in fact an hereditary chief of the Basques, but no contemporary records exist. His title of" the Catholic " itself may very well have been the invention of later chronicles.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alphonso I of Spain'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/alphonso-i-of-spain.html. 1910.
