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Kingdom of Asturias
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Kingdom of Asturias
The
Kingdom of Asturias
was a kingdom in the
Iberian Peninsula
founded in 718 by
Visigothic
nobleman
Pelagius of Asturias
. It was the first
Christian political entity
established following the conquest of the
Visigothic kingdom
by the Islamic
Umayyad Caliphate
in 718, or probably 722. That year Pelagius defeated an
Umayyad
patrol at the
Battle of Covadonga
, in what is usually regarded as the beginning of the
Reconquista
. The Kingdom of Asturias transitioned to the
Kingdom of León
in 924, when
Fruela II
became king with his royal court in León.
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