Alvito Nunes or Aloyto Núñez (died 1015) was an 11th-century

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. Following the death of

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in 1008, he governed the county jointly with Toda, count Menendo's widow. Alvito Nunes was killed by

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during a bloody assault on Vermoim Castle, located around

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. He is believed to be descended from the first family Portuguese counts, that of

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, through one Nuno Alvites (or Aloytez), probable grandson of Lucídio Vimaranes. He was followed in the county by his son

Nuno Alvites Nuno Alvites, also referred to as Nuno or Nuño Aloitiz (''fl.'' 10171028), was a count of Portugal, a descendant of the first count, Vímara Peres as the son of Count Alvito Nunes and Gontina. His presence is recorded for the first time in 1017. ...

who died in 1028.

Marriage and issue

He married Gontina with whom he had at least four children: *

(d. 1028) also known as Nuño Aloytez, married to Ilduara Mendes daughter of count

, who would rule in her own right after her husband's death. * Segeredo Alvites or Aloytez, husband of Adosinda Arias and father of Azenda Segerédez, wife of Diego Gutiérrez, parents of Ardio Díaz, whose daughter Urraca Fróilaz was the first wife of count

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. Segeredo and his brother Pedro accompanied King

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in the reconquest of

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in 1064. * Pedro Alvites, documented between 1025 and 1070, abbot at

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. * Loba Alvites

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