Bermudo I (Vermudo or Veremund) was king of Asturias from 788 to 791. His nicknamethe Deacon was supposedly due to his having been a deacon before becoming king. The Kingdom of Asturias was the first Christian nation to be established in the Iberian peninsula after it was conquered by the Islamic Moors in 711. ... Events Charlemagne conquers Bavaria. ... Events The Avars invade Europe again, but are defeated by Charlemagne in 796. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ...