Bermudo Ovéquiz

Bermudo Ovéquiz (fl. 1044–1092) (also known as Vermudo) was a member of the highest ranks of the nobility of Asturias, León, and Galicia who lived in the 11th-century, the first-born son of Oveco Bermúdez and his wife Elvira Suárez.[1] His paternal grandparents were Bermudo Vela—a descendant of Count Bermudo Núñez— and Elvira Pinióliz, and the maternal ones were Suero Gundemáriz and Tesguenza Rodríguez,[2] daughter of the rebellious Count Rodrigo Romániz, and descendant of Osorio Gutiérrez, known as the "holy count".[1]

Biographical sketch

He lived in Asturias where he probably inherited properties from his grandmother Elvira Pinióliz. He is first recorded in medieval charters in 1045 and appears in 1053 confirming a donation by King Ferdinand I of León to the Monastery of San Pelayo in Oviedo.[1] In 1075, he and his brother Vela Ovéquiz were engaged in a legal dispute with the bishop of Oviedo on account of the Monastery of Tol.[1] This monastery had been donated previously to the Cathedral of Oviedo by Gontrodo Gundemáriz, daughter of Count Gundemaro Pinióliz. Other relatives were also involved in this dispute, including Count Fernando Díaz and his sister Jimena, the wife of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid.[1][3]Even though he did not hold the title of count, he acted as the judge in a legal proceeding in 1087 involving the abbot of the Monastery of Lorenzana and the bishop of Mondoñedo.[4]

Marriage and issue

Married to Jimena Peláez, daughter of Count Pelayo Froilaz "the Deacon" and countess Aldonza Ordóñez, daughter of the Infantes Ordoño Ramírez and Cristina Bermúdez,[1][5] the offspring of this marriage were:[6][lower-alpha 1]

They could have also been the parents of Sebastián Bermúdez who does not appear in any transactions executed by his siblings but whose filiation is confirmed in Galician charters.[15]

Notes

  1. Bermudo appears, for example, in 1092 confirming a document as:...Ueremudus Ouequiz cum filiis suis Suarius, Adefonsus et Guterrius, and his son Suero also confirms various charters with his two brothers...cum fratribus suis Adefonsus et Guterius. Cfr. Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León (1999), pp. 166-167

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