Silo of Asturias

Silo
Depiction in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312–1325
King of Asturias
Reign774–783
PredecessorAurelio
SuccessorAlfonso II
Died783
Pravia, Asturias
ConsortAdosinda
DynastyAstur-Leonese dynasty
ReligionChalcedonian Christianity

Silo (died 783) was the king of Asturias from 774 to 783, succeeding Aurelius. He came to the throne upon his marriage to Adosinda, daughter of Alfonso I ("Alfonso the Catholic"). He moved the capital of the Kingdom of Asturias from Cangas de Onís to Pravia, closer to the center of the kingdom. He was a contemporary of Abd al-Rahman I, Umayyad Emir of Córdoba, and of Charlemagne.