Alfonso II

Japanese: アルフォンソ[2世]（英語表記）Alfonso II

759 koro-842
King of Asturias. Reigned 791-842. Known as the "Virgin King." While he sought to preserve the Kingdom of Asturias through his alliance with Charlemagne, he also moved the capital to Oviedo in 794. Under the influence of the Carolingian Renaissance, the ideas of Neo-Gothism were revived at the king's Oviedo court, and he attempted to reconstruct the political and ecclesiastical structures of the Visigothic Kingdom. At the same time, the Kingdom of Asturias was considered to be a successor state to the Visigothic Kingdom, and this formed one of the ideological pillars of the War of Reconquest.

Alfonso II

1152‐96
The first king of the Kingdom of Aragon. Reigned from 1162 to 1196. His rule extended beyond the Pyrenees to southern France, including Provence. Gifted with talent as a king, he expanded his territory and enhanced his own prestige, and even set the stage for the Kingdom of Aragon's expansion into the Mediterranean, plotting the conquest of the Balearic Islands, which were in Muslim hands, and quickly seizing the opportunity that would later lead to the possession of Sardinia. He was also a gifted writer, and was deeply acquainted with troubadour literature, which was popular at the time. [Kobayashi Kazuhiro]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

759ころ‐842
アストゥリアス王。在位791‐842年。〈純潔王〉と呼ばれた。カール大帝との同盟関係の下にアストゥリアス王国の保全を図る一方，794年オビエド遷都を断行。カロリング･ルネサンスの影響下に同王のオビエド宮廷には新ゴート主義の理念が復活し，西ゴート王国の政治，教会機構の再建が企てられる。同時にアストゥリアス王国は西ゴート王国の継承国家と意識され，ここに国土回復戦争の理念的支柱の一つが形づくられることになる。

アルフォンソ[2世]【Alfonso II】

1152‐96
アラゴン連合王国初代の王。在位1162‐96年。その支配はピレネーを越えてプロバンスを含む南フランス一帯に及んだ。国王としての才覚に恵まれ，版図を拡大，自らの威信を高揚，さらにイスラム教徒の手にあったバレアレス諸島征服を企てたり，後世サルデーニャ島領有につながる機会を機敏にとらえるなど，後のアラゴン連合王国の地中海進出に先鞭をつけた。また文才にもたけ，折から盛んなトルバドゥール文学に深く親しんだ。【小林一宏】

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