Nuño Sánchez
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Nuño Sánchez (Catalan: Nunó, Nunyó, or Nunyo Sanç, French: Nuno Sanche) (c. 1185 – 1242) was a nobleman and statesman in the Crown of Aragon.
Nuño was the son of
and Cerdagne").His investment was of little help to Peter, for Nuño arrived too late to be of any service at the Battle of Muret (1213), where Peter died. Subsequently he and his father served as regents for Peter's minor heir, James I. In 1215 his father married him to Peronella, daughter of Bernard IV of Bigorre, but the marriage was annulled by Pope Honorius III the very next year (1216). James reached his majority in 1223, the year Sancho died, and Nuño began serving James as chief advisor in matters relating to the Viscounty of Béarn.
By 1225, however, Nuño had grown weary of Aragonese politics and turned to his interests elsewhere. In 1226 he purchased the viscounties of Fenouillèdes and Peyrepertuse from Louis VIII of France and did homage for them.
Nuño was invited to participate in an expedition against
Late in life Nuño accompanied James on his military expeditions into
Sources
- Bisson, Thomas N. The Medieval Crown of Aragon: A Short History. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. ISBN 0-19-821987-3.
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