Pelagius was a Visigothic nobleman who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in 718. Pelagius is credited with initiating the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, and establishing the Asturian monarchy.
- Occupation
- warrior, aristocrat
- Position held
- Monarch of the Kingdom of Asturias, Monarch of Galicia
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Asturias, Kingdom of Galicia
- Born
- 685, 700
- Died
- 737
