Bermuda I. (Asturias)

Bermudo I († around 797 in Oviedo ; also called Vermudo I) was King of Asturias from 788 to September 791 .

Bermudo was the son of Fruela Pérez, brother of King Alfonso I , and brother of the former King Aurelio (768-774). An electoral act is attested for his elevation to king. He had been ordained a deacon before his accession to the throne , so he was destined for an ecclesiastical career. Since he belonged to the clergy, his succession to the throne was canonically inadmissible. That is why ( according to the Chronicle of Alfonso III ) he voluntarily renounced his royal dignity after three years and lived for several years after his abdication . However, research has suggested that the abdication was not voluntary, but rather occurred because of a defeat by the Muslims in the Battle of Burbia . As early as 790 he had designated Alfonso II as his successor and apparently also made him co-regent . After his abdication the following year, Alfons became sole ruler.

Source editions

• Yves Bonnaz (Ed.): Chroniques asturiennes . Éditions du CNRS, Paris 1987, ISBN 2-222-03516-3 (Latin text of the main sources with French translation and detailed commentary)
• Juan Gil Fernández (Ed.): Crónicas asturianas . Oviedo 1985, ISBN 84-600-4405-X (Latin text and Spanish translation)

literature

• Paulino García Toraño: Historia de el Reino de Asturias . Oviedo 1986, ISBN 84-398-6586-4 , pp. 193-198
• Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz: Orígenes de la nación española , Volume 2, Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, Oviedo 1974, ISBN 84-00-04032-5 , pp. 469-481

Remarks

1. ↑ Alexander Pierre Bronisch: Reconquista and Holy War. The interpretation of the war in Christian Spain from the Visigoths to the early 12th century , Münster 1998, pp. 350–359.

predecessor	Office	successor
Mauregato	King of Asturias 788–791	Alfonso II