Pelayo

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Pelayo was a Visigothic nobleman who became the first king of Asturias and is traditionally credited with initiating the Christian Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pelayo canonical 4
Pelayo de Asturias 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure ⓘ
human ⓘ
king ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pelagius of Asturias ⓘ
Pelayo de Asturias ⓘ
linked to: Pelayo
associatedWith Asturian monarchy ⓘ
Cangas de Onís ⓘ
Covadonga ⓘ
battle Battle of Covadonga ⓘ
burialPlace Covadonga ⓘ
Santa Cueva de Covadonga ⓘ
capitalOfHisRealm Cangas de Onís ⓘ
child Favila of Asturias ⓘ
country Kingdom of Asturias ⓘ
deathDate c. 737 ⓘ
deathPlace Cangas de Onís ⓘ
ethnicity Visigothic ⓘ
givenName Pelayo ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Asturias ⓘ
isCreditedWith leading Christian resistance in northern Iberia ⓘ
starting the Reconquista ⓘ
languageOfName Asturian ⓘ
linked to: Asturian language

Spanish ⓘ
legacy considered the first monarch of Christian Spain after the Islamic conquest ⓘ
symbol of Christian resistance in Spain ⓘ
monarchOf Asturias ⓘ
movement Reconquista ⓘ
nobleRank nobleman ⓘ
notableFor founding the Kingdom of Asturias ⓘ
initiating the Christian Reconquista ⓘ
resistance against Muslim rule in Iberia ⓘ
opponent Muslim forces in Al-Andalus ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
positionHeld King of Asturias ⓘ
predecessor Roderic ⓘ
region Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
reignEnd c. 737 ⓘ
reignStart c. 718 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Cangas de Onís ⓘ
roleInHistory founder of a Christian stronghold in northern Iberia ⓘ
spouse Gaudiosa ⓘ
successor Favila of Asturias ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pelagius of Asturias → name → Pelayo ⓘ
Pelayo → givenName → Pelayo ⓘ
Pelayo → alsoKnownAs → Pelayo de Asturias ⓘ
linked to: Pelayo
Peláez → isDerivedFrom → Pelayo ⓘ