Munuza was the Arab leader of northern Spain defeated by Pelayo. Tradition has it that he and Kazim kidnapped Pelayo's sister Ormesinda and married her.
Taking place about a decade later, most likely in the summer of 722, the victory at Covadonga assured the survival of a Christian stronghold in northern Spain, and today is regarded as the beginning of the Reconquista.
Seven years after the Islamic conquest of Spain, Pelayo, a nobleman of the country's former rulers, the Visigoths, managed to expel a provincial governor named Munuza from the district of Asturias in the northwestern part of the Iberian peninsula.
Munuza, learning of the defeat, organized another force and gathered what was left of the survivors of Covadonga.
Seven years after the Islamic conquest of Iberia, Pelayo, a nobleman of the country's former rulers, the Visigoths, managed to expel a provincial governor named Munuza from the district of Asturias in the northwestern part of the Iberian peninsula.
Munuza, learning of the defeat, organized another force, and gathered what was left of the survivors of Covadonga.
Legend claims that Munuza fell in love with Pelayo's sister, Ormesinda, and kidnapped her.
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