Mauregatus of Asturias

Mauregatus, known as the Usurper, was an illegitimate son of Alfonso I of Asturias, said to be born to a Moorish servant woman. When King Silo died in 783, the nobility elected the young Alfonso II.

Mauregatus seized the throne and drove Alfonso II into exile in Álava. Folk tradition links him with the legendary Tribute of the Hundred Maidens paid to the Moors. He ruled until his natural death in 789 and was buried at Pravia, where Bermudo I succeeded him.