Kingdom of Asturias

The Kingdom of Asturias (Latin: Regnum Asturorum) was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded in 718 by the nobleman Pelagius of Asturias (Spanish: Pelayo). It was the first Christian political entity established after the conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 718 or 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 of Asturias became king with his royal court in León.

Kingdom of Asturias

The Kingdom of Asturias (Latin: Regnum Asturorum) was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded in 718 by the nobleman Pelagius of Asturias (Spanish: Pelayo). It was the first Christian political entity established after the conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 718 or 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 of Asturias became king with his royal court in León.