State
Kingdom of Asturias
former kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula
- This boundary
- 718–910 CE
- Founded
- 718 CE
- Ended
- 910 CE
- Capital
- Cangues d'Onís, Samartín del Rei Aurelio, Pravia, Oviedo
- Government
- elective monarchy, hereditary monarchy
- Languages
- Asturian, Leonese, Latin
- Preceded by
- Kingdom of Toledo
- Succeeded by
- Kingdom of LeonKingdom of Galicia
Overview
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.
All rulers (13)
- Pelagius718–737 CE
- Favila of Asturias737–739 CE
- Alfonso I of Asturias739–757 CE
- Fruela I of Asturias757–768 CE
- Aurelius of Asturias768–774 CE
- Silo of Asturias774–783 CE
- Mauregatus783–788 CE
- Bermudo I of Asturias788–791 CE
- Alfonso II of Asturias791–842 CE
- Ramiro I of Asturias842–850 CE
- Ordoño I of Asturias850–866 CE
- Alfonso III of Asturias866–910 CE
- Fruela II of Asturias910–924 CE
Records (14)
- 718 CE — Battle of CovadongaBattle
- 722 CE — Battle of OlalíesBattle
- 774 CE — Battle of MontecubeiroBattle
- 791 CE — Battle of the Burbia RiverBattle
- 794 CE — Battle of LutosBattle
- 795 CE — Battle of Río QuirósBattle
- 795 CE — Capture of OviedoBattle
- 795 CE — Battle of the Nalón RiverBattle
- 795 CE — Battle of Campo da MatanzaBattle
- 842 CE — Battle of the Bridge of CornellanaBattle
- 873 CE — Battle of ZamoraBattle · Castile and Leon ▸ Cordova
- 878 CE — Siege of CoimbraSiege
- 882 CE — Battle of CellorigoBattle
- 883 CE — Second Battle of CellorigoBattle
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