Pelagius of Asturias, founder of the Kingdom of Asturias and beginner of the Reconquista
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Thus, Pelayo needed to be elected by his Visigothic nobles before becoming king of Asturias, and so did Pepin the Short by Frankish nobles in order to become the first Carolingian king.