Alfonso II of Asturias

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alfonso II (759-842), called the Chaste, was the king of Asturias from 791 to his death, the son of Fruela I and the Basque Munia. He was born in Oviedo in 759 or 760. He was put under the guardianship of his aunt Adosinda after his father''s death, but one tradition relates his being put in the monastery of Samos. He was the governor of the palace during the reign of Adosinda''s husband Silo. On Silo''s death, he was elected king by Adosinda''s allies, but the magnates raised his uncle Mauregatus to the throne instead. Alfonso fled to Álava to live with his maternal relatives. Mauregatus was succeeded by Bermudo, Alfonso''s cousin, who abdicated after his defeat at Burbia. Alfonso was subsequently elected king on 14 September 791. The events of his reign are in reality almost unknown. Poets of a later generation invented the story of the secret marriageof his sister Ximena to 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.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 68
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131601187
• ISBN-10: 6131601186
• Artikelnr.: 29819081