| Alfonso Ii Of Asturias |
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| 842 deaths | |
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Alfonso II ( 759 - 842 , king 791 ), Alfonso I's reputed grandson, bears the name of "the Chaste." The Arab writers who speak of the Spanish kings of the northwest as the Beni-Altons, appear to recognize them as a royal stock derived from Alfonso I. The events of his reign are in reality unknown. Poets of a later generation invented the story of the secret marriage of his sister Ximena with 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. REFERENCES |
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