Editing Favila of Asturias

{{for|the Filipino mathematician|Raymundo Favila}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name=Favila
| image=Monasterio de San Pedro de Villanueva - Portada - Detalle01.jpg
| caption=Carvings depicting Favila's last day, from the twelfth-century portal of the monastery of [[San Pedro de Villanueva]]
| succession= [[King of Asturias]]
| reign= 737–739
| coronation=737
| predecessor= [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius]]
| successor= [[Alfonso I of Asturias|Alfonso I]]
| spouse= Froiluba
| spouse-type = Consort
| house        = [[Astur-Leonese dynasty]]
| house-type   = Dynasty
| father= [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius]]
| mother= Gaudiosa
| issue=
| birth_date= ''{{circa}}'' 710
| birth_place=
| death_date= 739
| death_place= [[Cangas de Onís]], [[Asturias]]
| place of burial= [[Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís]]
| religion = [[Chalcedonian Christianity]]
}}
[[File:Fávila das Astúrias.png|thumb|300px|A 1530s miniature, depicting Favila being mauled by a bear]]

'''Favila''' or '''Fafila''' (died 739) was the second [[King of Asturias]] from 737 until his death. He was the only son and successor of [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius]], the first Asturian monarch.

In 737 he founded the [[Santa Cruz de Cangas|Church of Santa Cruz]], in his capital of [[Cangas de Onís]], but aside from this, nothing else about his reign is known.{{sfn |Collins |1989a |page=152}}

Favila was killed by a bear while on a hunt in 739. As a result, Asturian chroniclers were critical of him for his excessive levity. However, royal hunts were not just for entertainment, they helped foster political unity within the court.{{sfn |Collins |1989a |page=152}}

Favila was buried with his wife Froiluba in the Church of [[Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís]].{{sfn |Collins |1989b |page=3}}

He was succeeded by his brother-in-law [[Alfonso I of Asturias|Alfonso]], husband of his sister [[Ermesinda]].{{sfn |Collins |2003}}

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==References==
*{{Cite book |last=Collins |first=Roger |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18816884 |title=The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710-797 |date=1989a |publisher=B. Blackwell |isbn=0-631-15923-1 |location=Oxford, UK|oclc=18816884 }}
*{{Cite book |chapter=Doubts and Certainties on the Churches of Early Medieval Spain |last=Collins |first=Roger |url=https://archive.org/details/godmaninmedieval0000unse/mode/1up |title=God and Man in Medieval Spain : essays in honour of J.R.L. Highfield |date=1989b |publisher=Aris & Phillips |others=Derek W. Lomax, David Mackenzie, J. R. L. Highfield |isbn=0-85668-443-0 |location=Warminster}}
*{{Cite book|title=Medieval Iberia : an encyclopedia |date=2003|publisher=Routledge |editor-last=Gerli|editor-first=E. Michael |chapter=Fafila, King of Asturias |last=Collins|first=Roger|isbn=0-415-93918-6|location=New York}}


{{Commons category|Favila of Asturias}}

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{{s-bef|before=[[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[List of Asturian monarchs|King of Asturias]]
|years=737–739}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Alfonso I of Asturias|Alfonso I]]}}
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{{Monarchs of Asturias}}

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[[Category:8th-century Asturian monarchs]]


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