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The Kingdom of Asturias () was a Kingdom in the Iberian peninsula founded in 718 by Visigothic nobles under the leadership of Pelagius of Asturias.

It was the first Christian political entity established following the collapse of the Visigothic kingdom after Islamic conquest of Hispania.

In 722, Pelagius subsequently defeated the Umayyad Caliphate at the Battle of Covadonga, in what is usually regarded as the beginning of the Reconquista.

The kingdom lasted until 924, when Fruela II became King of León.