Battle of Guadalete

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Battle of Guadalete

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Pelayo
…by the Moors at the Battle of Guadalete near Medina Sidonia and reached his native Asturias, where he led a revolt of Asturians and Visigothic refugees against the Moorish governor Munuza. He was captured and sent to Córdoba as a hostage but escaped (717) and again assumed leadership of the…
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…by the Moors at the Battle of Guadalete near Medina Sidonia and reached his native Asturias, where he led a revolt of Asturians and Visigothic refugees against the Moorish governor Munuza. He was captured and sent to Córdoba as a hostage but escaped (717) and again assumed leadership of the…
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