Kinrick o Asturias
The Kinrick of Asturias (Laitin: Regnum Asturorum) wis a Kinrick in the Iberian peninsula foondit in 718 bi Visigothic nobles unner the leadership o Pelagius o Asturias.[1] It wis the first Christian poleetical entity established follaein the collapse of the Visigothic kinrick efter Islamic conquest o Hispania. In 722, Pelagius subsequently defeatit an Umayyad patrol at the Battle o Covadonga, in what is uisually regardit as the beginnin o the Reconquista. The kinrick wis follaeed up in 924 bi the Kinrick o León when Fruela II acame king wi his ryal coort in León.
Kinrick o Asturias | |||||||||
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| 718–924 | |||||||||
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Motto: Hoc Signo Tuetur Pius, Hoc Signo Vincitur Inimicus (Inglis: With this sign thou shalt defend the pious, with this sign thou shalt defeat the enemy) | |||||||||
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| Caipital | Cangas de Onís, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Pravia, Oviedo | ||||||||
| Common leids | Laitin, Vulgar Laitin (Astur-Leonese, Galician-Portuguese, Castilian), Basque, a few speakers o Brythonic) an gothic) | ||||||||
| Releegion | Christianity | ||||||||
| Govrenment | Monarchy | ||||||||
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• 718-737 | Pelayo o Asturias | ||||||||
• 910-925 | Fruela II o León | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 718 | ||||||||
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• Dividit | 910 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 924 | ||||||||
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