Fruela of Cantabria

Fruela of Cantabria, also called Fruela Pérez (c. 708–c. 756), was the second son of Duke Peter of Cantabria and a younger brother of King Alfonso I of Asturias. He fought alongside Alfonso in campaigns against the Muslim rulers of the Iberian Peninsula, helping to take Lugo, Tui, Porto and Braga in the northwest.

Although he never wore a crown himself, his sons Aurelius and Bermudo I both succeeded to the Asturian throne, and his daughter married Lope, a noble of Álava.