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    Pelagius (Spanish: Pelayo; c. 685 – 737) was a Hispano-Visigoth nobleman who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in 718. Pelagius is credited with initiating...
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    36250; -5.84306 The Kingdom of Asturias was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the Visigothic nobleman Pelagius. It was the first Christian...
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    elected a nobleman named Pelagius (c.685–737) as their princeps, or leader. Pelagius, the first monarch of the Asturian Kingdom, son of Favila, who had been...
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    following: Pelagius of Asturias (died 737), first king of Asturias. Queen Gaudiosa, Pelagius's wife. A sister of King Pelagius. Alfonso I of Asturias (693-757)...
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  • reigned 579–590 Pelagius of Asturias (c. 685–737), first king of Asturias Pelagius the Hermit (fl. 9th century), Spanish hermit Pelagius of Cordova (c. 912–c...
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  • form of the Latin name Pelagius. It may refer to: Pelagius of Asturias, founder of the Kingdom of Asturias and beginner of the Reconquista Pelagius of Córdoba...
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  • of the 8th century. By order of Munuza, governor of the Kingdom of Asturias, Al Qama commanded an army tasked to end the riot of Pelagius of Asturias...
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    Lady of Covadonga also named "La Santina" is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the name of a Marian shrine devoted to her at Covadonga, Asturias. The...
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    of this cross was carried against the Muslims of al-Andalus by King Pelagius of Asturias at the Battle of Covadonga, later kept by his son Favila of Asturias...
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  • daughter of Pelagius, who founded Asturias after the Battle of Covadonga in which he reversed the Moorish conquest of the region. He succeeded Pelagius' son...
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