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Birth:          ABT 1090 
Death:          1168 
Burial:         Sobrado Abbey

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froila_Ram%C3%ADrez
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermudo_P%C3%A9rez_de_Traba
Bermudo Pérez de Traba[a] (died 1168), the eldest son of Count Pedro Fróilaz de 
Traba and his first wife Urraca Fróilaz,[2][3] was a member of the most important 
medieval lineage in Galicia. He governed as a tenente Trastámara, Faro (A Coruña), 
Viseu, and Seia,[4] owned vast estates in his native land, and was a generous patron 
of religious institutions.[4][5][6]
Biographical sketch[edit]

Bermudo was never honored with the title of count, although he was an important 
magnate and appears in charters signing as dominus (Latin for "lord") and also as 
Vermudo Petriz Galleciae ("Bermudo Pérez of Galicia"). His presence in medieval 
documentation is first recorded on 1 April 1104 when, with his brother, Count 
Fernando Pérez de Traba, he made a donation to the Monastery de San Xoán de 
Caaveiro.[6] He was a vassal of Queen Urraca of León and, with his brothers, swore 
his loyalty to her son Alfonso VII upon his ascension to the throne of the Kingdom of 
León in Zamora.

On 29 July 1118, Queen Urraca, with the consent of her son Alfonso, returned to 
Bermudo and to his brother Fernando the territories belonging to the monastery at 
Sobrado which King Ferdinand I had taken by force in 1050.[b] In gratitude Bermudo 
and Fernando made a gift of a hound named Ulgar and a hunting spear to Alfonso VII.
[7] A few years later, on 25 July 1122, he granted his wife Urraca several properties, 
including the estates in Las Cascas plus another three villages and two monasteries.
[8][9]

Two years later, in 1125, he appears in Portugal confirming a donation made by 
Countess Theresa, as lord or governor of Viseu while his brother appears as the 
governor of Coimbra.[10]

After the death of Theresa, Countess of Portugal, on 11 November 1130, he 
participated in the uprising from his castle in Seia, although his brother-in-law, King 
Afonso Henriques, forced him to desist and Bermudo returned to Galicia, rarely 
crossing the Miño River thereafter.[10]

On 9 October 1138, he rebuilt the Monastery of Genrozo, later known as Nuestra 
Señora de las Dueñas, and finally as Las Cascas. It was most probably founded by 
Froila Bermúdez, Bermudo's grandfather.[11] He had inherited half of the monastery 
from his father, Pedro Fróilaz, and King Alfonso VII, who had been raised with 
Bermudo since Pedro had been his tutor, returned the other half of the monastery 
which Pedro Fróilaz had given him, so that Bermudo would have the entire property.
[12] He gave the monastery to his daughter Urraca (the elder) who entered the 
convent as a nun and later became its abbess. On 8 September 1145, Urraca, with 
the consent of her father, donated it to the Monastery of Sobrado.[13] The monastery, 
now in ruins with only the church of San Pelayo de Genrozo standing, was situated in 
the territory of Nendos, in a small village known as Las Cascas, close to the city of 
Betanzos.

According to the Chronicon Lusitanum, a Portuguese source, Bermudo was one of the 
nobles taken as a captive after the Battle of Valdevez in 1140.

He and his brother Fernando made many donations to the monastery at Sobrado, 
which had been founded by their ancestors, and owned all its estates over a period of 
24 years, from 1118 until 11 January 1142 when they voluntarily handed it over to the 
Cistercian monks.[14][15][c]

He went twice on pilgrimages to the Holy Land; the first time in 1147 with his brother 
Fernando and cousin Menendo Rodríguez returning to Galicia in 1148. He went again 
on his own in 1153 and was back in Galicia the next year as attested in a document 
recording the sale made by Adosinda Rodríguez of a property in Sobrado on 24 April 
1155 which is dated, ipso anno presente, quando domnus Vermudis reversus est 
Hierosalime (when Don Bermudo was back from Jerusalem).[11][5][14]

In 1148, he entrusted the abbot at the Benedictine monastery of Toxos Outos with the 
construction of a convent in Nogueirosa, one of the estates that he had given his wife 
Urraca as part of her wedding tokens on 25 July 1122. Years later, in 1150, Urraca 
made a donation of several properties to the newly founded establishment under the 
condition that she and four female relatives were to be accepted as members of the 
religious community of this convent which was called Santa María de Nogueirosa.[18]
[19] In December 1156 he made his last recorded visit to the royal court at Palencia.
[20]
 
On 6 August 1160, Bermudo retired as a Cistercian monk at the Monastery of Sobrado 
dos Monges.[14] On 21 September 1161, Bermudo settled a dispute he had with the 
monks of Toxos Outos.[21] In this charter he describes himself as "moved by divine 
inspiration" ("diuina inspiratione conmotus") to become a monk.[20] He died in 1168 
when he was approximately 80 years old and was buried at the abbey.[18][5] At about 
the same time as her husband became a monk at Sobrado, Urraca entered the 
convent founded by her husband in Nogueirosa, a parish near Pontedeume, and died 
in 1173, receiving burial at the church in the convent.[22][19]

Marriage and issue[edit]

He married on more than one occasion, as he himself declares in a document dated 9 
October 1138 when he made a donation to his daughter Urraca, a nun and later 
abbess at the Monastery of Cascas.[23][24][6][d]

He had three children from one of his first wives, Teresa Bermúdez:[25]
Pedro Bermúdez (died in 1147), in 1147 his father made a donation to the Sobrado for 
the soul of his son.[26][25]
Enrique Bermúdez (died after 1151)[27][26]
Mayor Bermúdez (died after 1192), was the wife of the Portuguese noble, Gonçalo 
Mendes, son of Mem Rodrigues de Tougues and Chamoa Gomes.[28][26]

He was also apparently married to Adosinda González with whom he had two 
daughters: [29][e]
Ilduara Bermúdez
Jimena Bermúdez

He married, around July 1122, Urraca Henriques (Enríquez), daughter of Henry, Count 
of Portugal and his wife, Theresa of León. The offspring of this marriage were:[31][24]
Fernando Bermúdez (died after 1161), who appears frequently in the Kingdom of 
Portugal confirming charters of his uncle King Afonso Henriques.[28][26]
Urraca Bermúdez "the eldest", a nun and abbess at the Monastery of Cascas.
Suero Bermúdez (died in 1169), buried at the Monastery of Sobrado.[32][26]
Teresa Bermúdez (died c. 1219), buried also at Sobrado, she married the Galician 
magnate Fernando Arias,[33] Lord of Batisela, with whom she had several children, 
including Juan Fernández, mayordomo mayor and alférez of King Alfonso IX of León.
[26]
Sancha Bermúdez (died. c. 1208), in 1152, she married Soeiro Viegas de Riba Douro, 
governor of Lamego and son of Egas Moniz, Aio.[34][35] One of her sons, Lourenço 
Soares was the husband of Urraca Sanches, illegitimate daughter of King Sancho I of 
Portugal.[26]
Urraca Bermúdez "the younger" (died after 1196), she was stil alive in 1196 when she 
confirmed a charter in the Monastery of Sobrado as domna Urraca Ueremude filia 
domni Ueremudi Petri.[28][26] She married Pedro Beltran.[36]


Parents
DE TRABA Pedro Froilaz (ABT 1065 - 1126)
FROILAZ Urraca (ABT 1072 - )

Siblings
DE TRABA Bermudo Perez (ABT 1090 - 1168)

Marriage To HENRIQUEZ Urraca (1108 - )
    m. ABT Jul 1122 

Notes

Parents
DE BURGUNDY Henry (Henri) (ABT 1069 - 1 Nov 1112)
DE CASTILE AND LEON Teresa Alfonso (ABT 1080 - 1 Nov 1130)

Children by HENRIQUEZ Urraca 1108 - 
BERMUDEZ Teresa (ABT 1130 - )

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