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Pelagius of Asturias
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Pelagius of Asturias
Pelagius
(;
c
. 685 – 737) was a
Visigothic King
nobleman who founded the
Kingdom of Asturias
, ruling it from 718 until his death. Through his victory at the
Battle of Covadonga
, he is credited with beginning the
Reconquista
, the
Christian
reconquest of the
Iberian peninsula
from the
Moors
. He established an independent Christian state in opposition to Moorish hegemony.
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