Person:Pelagius of Asturias (1)

Pelagius of Asturias
b.Abt 660
d.737
Facts and Events
Name Pelagius of Asturias
Alt Name Principe Pelayo Asturias
Alt Name // Pelage, King of Visigoths
Alt Name Pelage, _____
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 660
Marriage to Gaudasia de Galicia
Death[1] 737
Reference Number? Q14655?


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Pelagius (; ; ; ; c. 685 – 737) was a Hispano-Visigoth nobleman who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in 718. Pelagius is credited with initiating the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, and establishing the Asturian monarchy, making him the forefather of all the future Iberian monarchies, including the Kings of Castile, the Kings of León, and the Kings of Portugal.

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References
  1. Pelagius of Asturias, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.