Bermudo Ovéquiz (''
fl.
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'' 1044–1092) (also known as Vermudo) was a member of the highest ranks of the nobility of
Asturias
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It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
,
León, and
Galicia who lived in the 11th century.
Biographical sketch
Bermudo Ovéquiz was the first-born son of Oveco Bermúdez and his wife Elvira Suárez. His paternal grandparents were
Bermudo Vela—a descendant of Count Bermudo Núñez and Elvira Pinióliz. His mother was granddaughter of rebel Rodrigo Romániz, nephew of Count
Suero Gundemáriz, and she also descended from
Osorio Gutiérrez, known as the "holy count". Bermudo lived in Asturias where he probably inherited properties from his grandmother Elvira Pinióliz. He is first recorded in
medieval
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charter
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s in 1045 and appears in 1053 confirming a donation by King
Ferdinand I of León
Ferdinand I ( 1015 – 24 December 1065), called the Great (''el Magno''), was the count of Castile from his uncle's death in 1029 and the king of León after defeating his brother-in-law in 1037. According to tradition, he was the first to have ...
to the
Monastery of San Pelayo in
Oviedo
Oviedo () or Uviéu (Asturian language, Asturian: ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains th ...
. 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. 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''. One of his sisters, Onecca, was the wife of Count
Sancho Ordóñez. 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.
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, the offspring of this marriage were:
*
Suero (''fl.'' 1086–12 August 1138), count and one of the most powerful and relevant figures in Asturias, a loyal vassal first of
Raymond of Burgundy and then of the monarchs
Alfonso VI,
Urraca, and
Alfonso VII of León
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.
* Alfonso Bermúdez (''fl.'' 1092-1129), unlike his male siblings, Alfonso did not hold the title of count nor did he serve in any relevant post. His wife was Urraca Raimúndez who could have been the daughter of ''Infante'' Raymond Garcés "the Fratricide", who participated in the murder of his brother King
Sancho IV of Pamplona, ''el de Peñalén''. He and his legitimate wife were the parents of
Pedro Alfonso, an Asturian magnate who dominated the region from 1139 until his death, Gonzalo, Gutierre, María, Ildonza, and Teresa Alfonso.
*
Gutierre Bermúdez (fl. 1086–1130), a count, husband of Toda Pérez de Traba and the father of Count
Vela Gutiérrez.
* Urraca Bermúdez (died 1132/1133), who married Count Gonzalo Ansúrez, brother of Count
Pedro Ansúrez and parents of several children, including Sancha González, the wife of
Fernando Pérez de Traba. In 1128, King Alfonso VII gave her some properties in San Vicente in
Asturias de Santillana.
* Jimena Bermúdez, the wife of Pelayo Muñoz who had a daughter, Velasquita Peláez, married to Munio Doniz.
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.
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1092 deaths
11th-century births
11th-century people from the Kingdom of León