Death and Succession
Having no offspring, Silo named his wife Adosinda's nephew Alfonso, son of Fruela I, as successor. The adolescent was named governor of the Palatium Regis, roughly chancellor.
Silo died in Pravia in 783. The Estoria de España or Primera Crónica General says of his death:
Eight years into the reign of King Silo, in year 817 of the Spanish era , King Silo died and was interred in the church of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, which was built in his lifetime.Queen Adosinda managed to have her nephew Alfonso named as heir before Silo's death, but the throne was siezed by Adosinda's illegitimate half-brother Mauregato, son of Alfonso I and of a slave woman of Muslim origin.
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