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Ermesinda
Sign in to savethumb|250px|right|Ermesinda of Asturias, by Francisco Joaquín Gutiérrez de la Vega. 1854. (Museo del Prado, [[Madrid).]] Ermesinda (c. 720 or c. 730 – ?; alternatively Ormisenda, Ermisenda, Ermesinde, Ermessenda) was queen consort of the Kingdom of Asturias, wife of King Alfonso I of Asturias ("Alfonso the Catholic"), who claimed right to the throne through his marriage to her . She was the daughter of King Pelagius of Asturias and his queen, Gaudiosa.
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- Life
- Burial
- Marriage and descendants
- References
- Notes
thumb|250px|right|Ermesinda of Asturias, by Francisco Joaquín Gutiérrez de la Vega. 1854. (Museo del Prado, [[Madrid).]] Ermesinda (c. 720 or c. 730 – ?; alternatively Ormisenda, Ermisenda, Ermesinde, Ermessenda) was queen consort of the Kingdom of Asturias, wife of King Alfonso I of Asturias ("Alfonso the Catholic"), who claimed right to the throne through his marriage to her . She was the daughter of King Pelagius of Asturias and his queen, Gaudiosa.
== Life == The Latin-language Chronicon Albeldense states that Ermesinda was daughter of Pelagius, the first king of Asturias, and his queen, Gaudiosa, and that her brother was Favila, the second king of Asturias. Ermesinda passed her claim on the throne to her husband Alfonso, son of Duke Peter of Cantabria. Alfonso, known as Alfonso I or Alfonso "the Catholic," succeeded Favila as king upon the latter's death by bear-mauling in 739, making Erseminda the queen consort.