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Kingdom of Asturias
Kingdom of Asturias Asturum Regnum Reinu d'Asturies | |||||||||||
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| 718/722[1]–1833 | |||||||||||
 Cruz de la Victoria, the jewelled cross as a pre-heraldic symbol
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 Location of the Kingdom of Asturias in 814 AD | |||||||||||
 The Kingdom of Asturias circa 800 AD | |||||||||||
| Capital | Cangas de Onís, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Pravia, Oviedo | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Latin, Vulgar Latin (Astur-Leonese, Castilian, Galician-Portuguese), East Germanic varieties (minority speakers of Visigothic and Vandalic) | ||||||||||
| Religion | Christianity | ||||||||||
| Government | Elective Monarchy | ||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||
• 718–737 | Pelagius of Asturias | ||||||||||
• 910–925 | Fruela II of Asturias | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Early Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Established | 718/722[1] | ||||||||||
| 718 or 722 | |||||||||||
| 842 | |||||||||||
• Divided | 910 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1833 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Spain Portugal | ||||||||||
The Kingdom of Asturias (Latin: Asturum Regnum; Asturian: Reinu d'Asturies) was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the Visigothic nobleman Pelagius. It was the first Christian political entity established after the Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 718 or 722.[2] That year, Pelagius defeated an Umayyad army at the Battle of Covadonga, in what is usually regarded as the beginning of the Reconquista.
- ↑ Collins, Roger (1989). The Arab Conquest of Spain 710-797. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell. p. 49. ISBN 0-631-19405-3.
- ↑ Collins, Roger (1989). The Arab Conquest of Spain 710-797. Oxford, UK / Cambridge, USA: Blackwell. p. 49. ISBN 0-631-19405-3.
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