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Pelayo (in Spanish), Pelágio (in Portuguese), or Pelagius (in Latin) (690–737) was the founder of the Kingdom of Asturias, ruling from 718 until his death. He is credited with beginning the Christian Reconquista or reconquest of the Iberian peninsula (modern Portugal and Spain) from the Moors. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...
Events Beginning of Wu Zetians Zhou Dynasty in China. ...
Events Favila becomes king of Asturias after Pelayos death Births Emperor Kammu of Japan (d. ...
The Kingdom of Asturias was the earliest Christian political entity to be established in the Iberian peninsula after the collapse of the Visigothic Kingdom after the defeat of King Rodrigo at the Battle of Guadalete and the subsequent Islamic conquest of Iberia. ...
Events Pelayo established the Kingdom of Asturias in the Iberian peninsula (modern day Portugal and Spain). ...
A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. ...
The Reconquista (Reconquest) refers to the process for which the Christian Kingdoms of northern Hispania, defeated and conquered the southern Muslim and moorish states of the Iberian Peninsula, which the Muslims had taken by force from Christian hands in 711. ...
The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ...
Copyrighted Image Photo courtesy of Wayne B. Chandler Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including the present day Spain and Portugal) and the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish. ...
 Monument in memory of Pelayo in Covadonga Pelayo was a nobleman of high birth in the Visigothic kingdom that held power in Hispania from the early fifth century until its defeat by the Moors at the Battle of Guadalete in 711. He escaped capture at the Guadalete River, where he may have been one of the bodyguards of Roderic, the Visigothic king. Pelayo returned to his native Asturias (in the northern part of modern day Spain) and became the leader of a rebellion against Munuza, the Moorish governor of the area. Image File history File links Title es: Estatua de Don Pelayo en: Statue of Don Pelayo Description es: Pelayo fue un noble visigodo. ...
Image File history File links Title es: Estatua de Don Pelayo en: Statue of Don Pelayo Description es: Pelayo fue un noble visigodo. ...
The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ...
Roman theater at Mérida; the statues are replicas Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ...
Copyrighted Image Photo courtesy of Wayne B. Chandler Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including the present day Spain and Portugal) and the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish. ...
Combatants Visigoths Muslim forces of the Ummayad Commanders Roderic Tariq ibn Ziyad Strength 20,000-30,000 7,000-9,000 Casualties Unknown Unknown The Battle of Guadalete took place July 19, 711, at the Guadalete River (or La Janda Lake) in the southern extreme of the Iberian peninsula. ...
See also: phone number 711. ...
The Guadalete River is a small stream located in the Spanish province of Cádiz, arising in the Grazalema Mountains at an elevation of about 1000 m, and running for 172 km into the Bay of Cádiz at El Puerto de Santa Maria, south of the city of C...
Roderic (Roderick; Rodrigo in Spanish and Portuguese, see Rurik for etymology. ...
Capital Oviedo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 13th 1 076 635 2,4% 101,53/km² Demonym – English – Asturian – Spanish asturian asturianu asturiano Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 Parliamentary representation – Congress seats – Senate seats 8 2...
Munuza was the Arab leader of northern Spain defeated by Pelayo. ...
He was captured in 717 and imprisoned by the Moors but soon escaped and returned to Asturias, where he defeated Munuza and established the Kingdom of Asturias in 718, with its capital at Cangas de Onis. In accordance with Visigothic custom, he was elected as his nation's first king by a vote of his countrymen. Events March 25 - Leo III usurps the throne of Byzantium August 15 - Muslama begins the Second Arab siege of Constantinople. ...
Copyrighted Image Photo courtesy of Wayne B. Chandler Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including the present day Spain and Portugal) and the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish. ...
Capital Oviedo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 13th 1 076 635 2,4% 101,53/km² Demonym – English – Asturian – Spanish asturian asturianu asturiano Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 Parliamentary representation – Congress seats – Senate seats 8 2...
Munuza was the Arab leader of northern Spain defeated by Pelayo. ...
Capital Oviedo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 13th 1 076 635 2,4% 101,53/km² Demonym – English – Asturian – Spanish asturian asturianu asturiano Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 Parliamentary representation – Congress seats – Senate seats 8 2...
Events Pelayo established the Kingdom of Asturias in the Iberian peninsula (modern day Portugal and Spain). ...
Cangas de OnÃs is a town in the eastern part of the province and autonomous community of Asturias in the northwest of Spain. ...
The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ...
In the following few years, Pelayo's "kingdom" was more illusory than actual, as he was facing forces much stronger than his own. It wasn't until 722 that his kingdom was secured, when a powerful Moorish force sent to conquer Asturias once and for all was defeated by Pelayo at the Battle of Covadonga, a victory for superior tactics over superior numbers -- Moorish chronicles of the event describe Pelayo and his small force as "thirty wild donkeys". This established the independence of Pelayo's kingdom and is now regarded as the first Christian victory of the Reconquista. Events 3 January - Kinich Ahkal Mo Naab III takes throne of Maya state of Palenque Battle of Covadonga: First victory of a Christian army over a Muslim army in Spain (probable date) War between Wessex and Sussex Births Deaths Empress Gemmei of Japan Categories: 722 ...
Moor may refer to: A high altitude form of heathland habitat widespread in northern Britain; see heath (habitat). ...
Capital Oviedo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 13th 1 076 635 2,4% 101,53/km² Demonym – English – Asturian – Spanish asturian asturianu asturiano Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 Parliamentary representation – Congress seats – Senate seats 8 2...
The Battle of Covadonga was the first major victory by a Christian military force in Iberia following the Islamic Moors conquest of that country in 711. ...
A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. ...
The Reconquista (Reconquest) refers to the process for which the Christian Kingdoms of northern Hispania, defeated and conquered the southern Muslim and moorish states of the Iberian Peninsula, which the Muslims had taken by force from Christian hands in 711. ...
Pelayo died in 737. His son Favila succeeded him as king but could not enjoy the throne for a long time: legends claim that he was killed by a bear. After Pelayo the subsequent kings of Asturias, León, Castile, Portugal and Spain could trace their lineage back to him and before. However, attempts to link him to the royal house of the Visigoths (some sources claim he is the grandson of the Visigothic King Chindasuinth, 563–653) are disputed. Events Favila becomes king of Asturias after Pelayos death Births Emperor Kammu of Japan (d. ...
Favila (Favilac or Fafila) was king of Asturias from 737 to 739. ...
Capital Oviedo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 13th 1 076 635 2,4% 101,53/km² Demonym – English – Asturian – Spanish asturian asturianu asturiano Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 Parliamentary representation – Congress seats – Senate seats 8 2...
The city of León was founded by the Roman Seventh Legion (for unknown reasons always written as Legio Septima Gemina (twin seventh legion). It was the headquarters of that legion in the late empire and was a center for trade in gold which was mined at Las Médulas...
A former kingdom in modern-day Spain, Castile (Spanish: Castilla; usually pronounced Cast-EEL in English) now compromises the regions of Old Castile in the north-west, and New Castile in the center of the country. ...
The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ...
Chindasuinth (Chindaswinth, Chindaswind, Chindasuinto, Chindasvindo, or Khindaswinth; in Spanish, Chindasvinto; and in Latin, Chintasvintus) (c. ...
Events Saint Columba, the Irish missionary, founds his mission to the Picts and his monastery on Iona. ...
Events Pope Martin I arrested Sigeberht II the Good succeeds Sigeberht I the Little as king of Essex Aripert, nephew of Theodelinda, succeeds Rodoald as king of the Lombards Births Deaths Chindaswinth, king of the Visigoths Rodoald, king of the Lombards Abbas, uncle of Muhammad and his chief financial supporter. ...
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