Editing Silo of Asturias (section)

===Reign===
According to the ''Chronicon Albeldense'', Silo kept peace with the Muslims ''ob causam matris'', "for his mother's sake". The meaning of this phrase has been debated by scholars. It could mean that his mother was a Muslim with some sort of connection to the Umayyad Emir Abd al-Rahman I, or that she was a hostage of Abd al-Rahman in [[Córdoba, Andalusia|Córdoba]], or it could mean yet something else.<ref name = "Origenes">{{in lang|es}} [[Claudio Sánchez Albornoz|Sánchez Albornoz, Claudio]]. ''Orígenes de la Nación Española. El Reino de Asturias''. Chapter IV: El reino de Asturias se afirma. p. III-138</ref>
[[File:Silo.jpg|thumb|Statue of King Silo in Pravia, Asturias.]]

One could explain the inactivity of the Muslims with respect to the Kingdom of Asturias by the fact that Silo's reign coincided with the intervention of [[Charlemagne]] in Spain in 778. Charlemagne could not maintain the siege of [[Zaragoza]] and had to retire by way of [[Roncesvalles]], suffering a great defeat there,<ref>{{in lang|es}} [[Indro Montanelli]], Roberto Gervaso (2002) ''Historia de la Edad Media''. Ed. Random House Mondadori. {{ISBN|84-9759-121-6}}. Chapter XXXII, p.276</ref>  and the subsequent campaign of Abd-al-Rahman I in 781 into the [[Ebro]] Valley in revenge against those who had been favorably disposed toward the French invasion.

Conversely, within the Kingdom of Asturias, during Silo's reign [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] rebelled for the second time, having done so before during the reign of [[Fruela I of Asturias|Fruela I]]. The chronicles do not elucidate the motives for the rebellion. The rebel army faced Silo's troops in the [[Battle of Montecubeiro]] in what is now the [[Province of Lugo]], where he defeated them, ending the rebellion.

The oldest known medieval written document in the [[Iberian Peninsula]] dates from Silo's reign. The ''Diploma del Rei Don Sílo'' (''Diploma of King Silo'') dates from 23 August 775. In this contractual document of donation ''"pro anima"'' ("for the sake of the soul"), Silo granted particular properties in the village of ''Tabulata'' (now Trabada) in ''Lucis'' (Lugo) to a group of monks, with the intention that they would found a monastery.<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.tabulata.com/linktrab.htm Comarca de Trabada]. Accessed online 2012-11-07.</ref>