Silo of Asturias

Silo ruled the kingdom of Asturias from 774 until his death in 783, winning the crown through his marriage to Adosinda, daughter of Alfonso I. He moved his court from Cangas de Onís to Pravia, which lay closer to the centre of his kingdom.

His reign saw no major fighting with the Umayyads of Córdoba, but when Galicia rebelled he defeated the rebel army at the Battle of Montecubeiro.

The Diploma of King Silo of 775 is the oldest surviving medieval document from the Iberian Peninsula; in it he granted land to monks to found a monastery. He died at Pravia in 783.