Editing Prince of Asturias (section)

===Origins: Counties of Noreña and Gijón===
[[File:Castillo de Noreña.png|250px|thumb|right|Noreña Castle, 19th-century engraving]]
The origins of the [[Principality of Asturias]] can be traced to the counties of [[Noreña]] and [[Gijón]]{{snd}}located in the ancient [[Asturias de Oviedo]]{{snd}}territories with seignorial jurisdiction that belonged to Rodrigo Álvarez, who was called "of the Asturias".<ref>Suárez Fernández 2000, p. 393.</ref> These lordships were unique: they were territories that in remote times formed the [[Kingdom of Asturias]], the one identified with the origins of the monarchy.<ref>Suárez Fernández 2000, p. 396.</ref>

When Rodrigo died without an heir in 1333, he bequeathed his domains to [[Henry II of Castile|Henry, Count of Trastámara]] and illegitimate half-brother of King [[Peter of Castile|Peter I]], during whose reign a "true civil war"{{snd}}in the words of [[Luis Suárez Fernández]]{{snd}}took place in Asturias de Oviedo because a group of knights settled in small dominions believed that the consolidation of the "states" that were being occupied by the Count of Trastámara (in a civil war against the King), would affect their power.<ref>Suárez Fernández 2000, p. 401.</ref> Henry, once King, ceded the counties to his illegitimate son Alfonso Enríquez.<ref>Suárez Fernández 2000, p. 407.</ref> During the reign of his half brother King [[John I of Castile|John I]], the Count of Noreña and Gijón revolted against him several times; for this reason, the King decided to confiscate the counties and incorporate them to the Crown,<ref>Suárez Fernández 2000, pp. 413–414.</ref> promising in a document dated 18{{nbsp}}July 1383 that they would always remain part of the royal demesne.<ref>Coronas González 2001, pp. 54–55.</ref>