Ramiro I of Asturias

Ramiro I (c. 790–850), son of Bermudo I, became king of Asturias in 842 after Alfonso II died without children, having chosen Ramiro as his successor. While he was away marrying, the palace count Nepotian seized power; Ramiro raised an army in Galicia, defeated him at the Bridge of Cornellana and had him blinded and confined in a monastery.

In 844 he routed Vikings who landed at Corunna and burned much of their fleet. His resettlement of León failed when Córdoban forces burned the city in 846.

Near Oviedo he built Santa María del Naranco, a gem of pre-Romanesque ramirense architecture. He died on 1 February 850.