Wittiza
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Wittiza was the king of the Visigoths from 694 until his death, co-ruling with his father, Egica, until 702 or 703.
A golden triente minted at Braga during the reign of Wittiza and bearing his (rough) effigy
Pelagius of Asturias
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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, a
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…retirement at court. Wittiza had Favila killed and Theodofred blinded then imprisoned in the Córdoba dungeon. The son of Favila, who we are told was Pelayo, happened to be elsewhere at the time and was thus spared for the major role he would later play in history. The son of Theodofred was Roderic, duke…
A depiction of the Battle of Covadonga in a decorated initial from a 12th-century illustrated manuscript of the Liber testamentorum. Pelagius, crowned and holding a cross, is leading at the top.
Ducado de Cantabria in 739 : Pelagius son of Favila Duque de Cantabria. "Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal" 1530
The Monument to Pelagius of Asturias, located in Covadonga, was crafted by Spanish artist Gerardo Zaragoza and inaugurated in 1964.