Which realm was the first Christian kingdom formed in northern Iberia after 711?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Kingdom of Asturias
- Step 1: According to the official source: The Kingdom of Asturias was a medieval monarchy in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the nobleman Pelagius . ... It was the first Christian political entity to be established in the Iberian Peninsula after the Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711–720s. : 49 In the summer of 722, Pelagius defeated an Umayyad army at the Battle of Covadonga, in what is retroactively regarded as the beginning of the Christian Reconquista . Answer: Kingdom of Asturias. Why not the others: Kingdom of Navarre, Kingdom of Castile, and Kingdom of Aragon were other Christian realms that developed later across medieval northern and eastern Iberia.
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