Pelayo, King · First king of Asturias

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RulerKing · First king of Asturias

Pelayoبلاي

Traditional date, disputedCangas de Onis

The Visigothic noble whose small victory at Covadonga began the Christian kingdoms of the north.

Refusing Muslim rule, he held out in the Asturian mountains and beat a small force at Covadonga. Arab chroniclers dismissed his band as thirty men, but his kingdom grew.

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Christian Spain

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