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Birth:          ABT  750 
Death:           797 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermudo_I_of_Asturias
Bermudo I (also Vermudo or Veremund), called the Deacon or the Monk (c. 750 – 797), 
was the King of Asturias from 788 or 789 until his abdication in 791. He was a son of 
Fruela of Cantabria, a nephew of Alfonso I, and a brother of Aurelius. The nature of 
the end of his reign ushered in a new period in Asturian-Arab relations.

Bermudo was elected by the palatine officials (the nobility of the royal palace) to 
replace Mauregatus, who had died of natural causes in 788. Since Mauregatus had 
ascended the throne in a coup d'état with regional support in 783 and the succession 
of Bermudo proceeded without incident, it is probable that Mauregatus had procured a 
change in the ranks of the palatine nobility and that Bermudo was thus put forward as 
the candidate to, like Mauregatus, prevent the succession of Alfonso II, the son and 
heir of Fruela I. Though the Chronicle of Alfonso III in both its extant versions makes 
Bermudo out to be a deacon at his succession, this fact would only reinforce the 
notion that his election was a determined move to oppose Alfonso.

In any case, he did not reign long. He was forced to defend against an Arab-Berber 
invasion of Álava and Galicia and was defeated in battle the Battle of the Burbia 
River, probably the Bierzo, in 791. Though the closest Christian sources do not name 
his opponents, the battle can be linked with the first major engagement of a series of 
aggressive campaigns launched against the Asturian kingdom in the 790s. The Muslim 
commander at Burbia is named in Ibn al-Athir as Yusuf ibn Bukht and the battle is 
likewise recorded in al-Maqqari. Bermudo abdicated his throne after his defeat, though 
whether volitionally (as the Chronicle of Alfonso III states, "because he was [or 
remembered he was] a deacon") or forced 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.

Bermudo was succeeded by Alfonso II and he left behind a son, who later reigned as 
Ramiro I, by an anonymous wife. He reportedly lived for a long time after his 
abdication, perhaps as a monk, and on good terms with his successor.

Parents
OF CANTABRIA Fruela (ABT  720 - ABT  758)
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Siblings
____ Vermudo (Bermudo) I (ABT  750 -  797)

Marriage To MUNILONA Ursinda ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by MUNILONA Ursinda 
____ Ramiro I (ABT  790 - 1 Feb  850)

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