King Alfonso II of Asturias 791–842
08/14/791 AD abdicated

Bermudo abdicated his throne after his defeat, at the Battle of Río Burbia, though whether volitionally (as the Chronicle of Alfonso III states, "because he was [or remembered he was] a deacon") or under duress is unknown.

Historically in Spain under the Visigoths, a king of proven military inadequacy was often forced to abdicate.

Nevertheless, he was considered a generous and illustrious man in his time, "merciful and pious" in the words of the Chronicle of Albelda.

Alfonso was subsequently elected king on 14 September 791. Poets of a later generation invented the story of the secret marriage between his sister Ximena and Sancho, count of Saldana, and the feats of their son Bernardo del Carpio. Bernardo is the hero of a cantar de gesta (chanson de geste) written to please the anarchical spirit of the nobles

Pravia

Lattitude: 43.4833° N
Longitude: 6.1° W
Region: Europe

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