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Personal data Bermudo I "de Diaken" van Asturië 

• He was born in the year 755.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Bermudo/Vermudo I, bijgenaamd de Diaken (?-797), was koning van Asturië van 788 tot 791.
  
  Bermudo I was een zoon van Fruela Pérez, de broer van koning Alfons I, en daarmee een jongere broer van koning Aurelius.
  
  Als jongere zoon had Bermudo voor een geestelijke loopbaan gekozen en had al de wijding tot diaken ontvangen toen een delegatie edelen hem verkoos als opvolger voor de overleden koning Mauregato, waarschijnlijk op diens aanwijzing teneinde troonpretendent Alfons uit te schakelen.
  
  Lang heeft Bermudo niet geregeerd want na een drietal jaren trad hij terug, al dan niet vrijwillig. Waarschijnlijk speelden een aantal verloren veldslagen tegen de Moors-Iberische overheersers mede daarin een rol. Anderzijds had Bermudo al in 790 troonpretendent Alfons als zijn opvolger aangegeven, mogelijk hem al aangesteld als co-regent.

• (Geschiedenis) .Source 2

  Bermudo I ou Vermudo das Asturias ou Veremund (? - 797) foi Rei das Astúrias de 788 a 791. A sua alcunha, o Diácono, deve-se ao facto de ser diácono antes e depois de ter subido ao trono.
  
  Durante o seu reinado de três anos sofreu varios ataques muçulmanos em Álava e na Galiza. Após uma dura derrota causada pelas tropas atacantes que provinham das hostes andaluezes de Hisham I al-Ándalus em Bierzo, abdicou do trono, regressando ao seu antigo estado clerical em 791.
  
  É considerado pelos autores como um rei generoso, magnânimo e iluminado, para a época.
  Relações familiares
  
  Foi filho de Fruela da Cantábria (725 - 768) e de Munia Lopez 730 -?), filha de Froila Petri de Leão e duque da Cantábria (700 - 757). Foi casado com Numila, que nas crónicas de Rodrigo de Toledo e de Lucas de Tui é chamada Imilo e de Nunilo. No seu epitáfio é nomeada como Ozenda (Ursinda Munialona de Coimbra), filha de Flavio Ataúlfo, Rico homem da Galiza, neto de do rei dos godos Witiza,

• (Levens event) .Source 3

  Bermudo I (also Vermudo or Veremund), called the Deacon or the Monk, was the King of Asturias from 788 or 789 until his abdication in 791. He was a son of Fruela, brother 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.

• He died in the year 797, he was 42 years old.
• A child of Vimerano van Asturië and Usenda
• This information was last updated on December 17, 2012.

Household of Bermudo I "de Diaken" van Asturië

He is married to Ursinda Munialona van Coimbra.

They got marriedSource 4

Child(ren):

1. Pedro Téhon van Asturië  785-???? 
2. Ramiro I van Asturië  790-850 

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