Hermenegildo Gutiérrez
Hermenegildo Gutiérrez (Hermenegildo Guterres in Portuguese) (c. 850 – after May 912),
Biography
Count Hermenegildo, the son of count Gutierre and his wife Elvira,.
Hermenegildo played an active role in military operations during the
In 895, Hermenegildo defeated and captured the Galician noble Witiza who had taken up arms against the king of Asturias, taking him in chains before the monarch who compensated the count with many of the rebel's estates and tenencias.[6]
Ancestry
It was claimed that Hermenegildo was descended from Count
Marriage and issue
He married Ermesenda Gatónez,[4] daughter of count Gatón.[8][2] She was probably a first cousin of King Alfonso since Gatón is believed to have been the brother of Ordoño I, or perhaps of his wife. This marriage gave rise to one of the most prominent noble families in medieval Galicia and in the County of Portugal. The offspring of this marriage were:
- Arias Menéndez (died after 924)[9][8][10] count, married to Ermesenda Gundesíndez.[10] He had at least one daughter, Elvira Arias, married to her cousin Munio Gutiérrez.[9]
- Elvira Menéndez,[8][10] who married around the year 900 the future king of Galicia and León, Ordoño II of León,[9] and was mother of his children, including Kings Ramiro II and Alfonso IV of León.
- Gutierre Menéndez,[8] a powerful count, who married Ilduara Ériz, daughter of count Ero Fernández[11] and countess Adosinda.[10] This couple had several children, including Saint Rudesind.
- Enderquina "Palla" Menéndez, who married Gundesindo Eriz,[9] son of count Ero Fernández.[8][10]
- Ildonza or Aldonza Menéndez who married Gutierre Osorio,[9][8][10] count in Lourenzá, with whom she had several children, including Queen Adosinda Gutiérrez, the first wife of King Ramiro II of León, and Count Osorio Gutiérrez, called el conde santo (the saintly count),[9] founder of the Monastery of Lourenzá[8]
- Patruina Menéndez[10]
- Gudilona Menéndez, the wife of count
See also
References
- ^ a b c Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1999, p. 304.
- ^ a b c d López Sangil 2002, p. 14.
- ^ a b Sáez 1947, p. 15.
- ^ a b Mattoso 1981, p. 115.
- ^ Martínez Díez 2005, p. 161 , Vol. I.
- ^ Sáez 1947, p. 19.
- ^ T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1952).
- ^ a b c d e f g Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1999, p. 305.
- ^ a b c d e f Mattoso 1981, p. 116.
- ^ a b c d e f g López Sangil 2001, p. 146.
- ^ a b Mattoso 1981, p. 117.
- ^ Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1999, p. 306.
Bibliography
- López Sangil, José Luis (2001). "La fundación del Monasterio de San Salvador de Cines" (PDF). Anuario Brigantino (in Spanish). No. 24. Betanzos. pp. 139–156. OCLC 402770925.
- López Sangil, José Luis (2002). La nobleza altomedieval gallega, la familia Froílaz-Traba (in Spanish). La Coruña: Toxosoutos, S.L. ISBN 84-95622-68-8.
- Martínez Díez, Gonzalo (2005). El Condado de Castilla (711-1038): la historia frente a la leyenda (in Spanish). Vol. I. Valladolid. ISBN 84-9718-276-6.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Mattoso, José (1981). A nobreza medieval portuguesa, a família e o poder (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Editorial Estampa. OCLC 8242615. (Originally published in 1968 in Studium Generale, vol. 12, pp 59-115)
- Sáez, Emilio (1946). "Notas al Episcopologio Minduniense del Siglo X". Hispania: Revista española de Historia (in Spanish) (XXII). Madrid: CSIC, Instituto Jerónimo Zurita: 3–79.
- Sáez, Emilio (1947). "Los ascendientes de San Rosendo: notas para el estudio de la monarquía astur-leonesa durante los siglos IX y X". Hispania: Revista española de Historia (in Spanish) (XXX). Madrid: CSIC, Instituto Jerónimo Zurita: 139–156. OCLC 682814356.
- Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita Cecilia (1999). Linajes nobiliarios de León y Castilla: Siglos IX-XIII (in Spanish). Salamanca: Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de educación y cultura. ISBN 84-7846-781-5.