Kingdom of Asturias
former kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula
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The Kingdom of Asturias was a medieval kingdom located on the Iberian Peninsula that emerged during the early Middle Ages. It is historically significant as one of the first Christian states to resist Muslim expansion in the region during that period.
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- Demonym
- أشتوريشية
- Area
- 60000
- Image
- Somiedo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kingdom of Asturias
- inception
- 0718-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0924-00-00
- native label
- Reinu d'Asturies
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Today part ofSpain Portugal
The Kingdom of Asturias was a medieval monarchy in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the nobleman Pelagius. It was the first Christian political entity to be established in the Iberian Peninsula after the Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711–720s. In the summer of 722, Pelagius defeated an Umayyad army at the Battle of Covadonga, in what is retroactively regarded as the beginning of the Christian Reconquista.