Bermudo (or
Vermudo)
II (c. 953 – September 999), called
the Gouty , was first a rival
king in Galicia (982–984) and then king of the entire
Kingdom of León (984–999). His reign is summed up by
Justo Pérez de Urbel's description of him as "the poor king tormented in life by the sword of Almanzor and in death by the vengeful pen of a bishop,"
Pelagius of Oviedo (died 1153), half of whose
Chronicon covers the reign of Bermudo and is highly critical of the king. He accuses Bermudo of imprisoning Bishop
Gudesteus of Oviedo in the 990s and blames the attacks of
Almanzor on Bermudo's sins.