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Birth:          ABT  850 
Death:          AFT May  912 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermenegildo_Guti%C3%A9rrez
Hermenegildo Gutiérrez (Hermenegildo Guterres in Portuguese) (c. 850 – after May 
912),[1][2] was a distinguished Galician noble who lived during the 9th and 10th 
centuries. As the Mayordomo mayor of King Alfonso III, he was an active member of 
the curia regia. His daughter Elvira, as the first wife of King Ordoño II, was queen 
consort of León.
Biography[edit]

Count Hermenegildo, the son of count Gutierre and his wife Elvira,[2] appears in 
medieval documentation starting in 869 — when with his father-in-law, Gatón, count in 
Astorga and El Bierzo, settled a dispute between the king of Asturias and bishop 
Mauro[3] — until his last appearance in May 912,[1][2] when he confirmed a donation 
made by his son-in-law, king Ordoño II, to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. 
He was one of the most loyal vassals of King Alfonso III, who named him his 
mayordomo mayor[1] and compensated his efforts and services to the crown with many 
properties and tenencias.

Hermenegildo played an active role in military operations during the Reconquista. In 
878, he defeated the Muslim troops who had attacked Oporto and then Coimbra,[4] 
repopulating these cities, as well as neighboring Braga, Viseu, and Lamego, with 
people from Galicia after expelling the Moors.[3][5] His holdings there would pass to 
his descendants and come to be called the County of Coimbra, which was retaken 
again in 987 by Almanzor and it was not until 1064 that the city was permanently 
reconquered by the Christian armies of Ferdinand I of León.

In 895, Hermenegildo defeated and captured the Galician noble Witiza who had taken 
up arms against the king of Asturias, taking him in chains before the monarch who 
compensated the count with many of the rebel's estates and tenencias.[6]

Marriage and issue[edit]

He married Ermesenda Gatónez,[4] daughter of count Gatón.[7][2] She was probably a 
first cousin of King Alfonso since Gatón is believed to have been the brother of 
Ordoño I, or perhaps of his wife. This marriage gave rise to one of the most prominent 
noble families in medieval Galicia and in the County of Portugal. The offspring of this 
marriage were:
Arias Menéndez (died after 924)[8][7][9] count, married to Ermesenda Gundesíndez.[9] 
He had at least one daughter, Elvira Arias, married to her cousin Munio Gutiérrez.[8]
Elvira Menéndez,[7][9] who married around the year 900 the future king of Galicia and 
León, Ordoño II of León,[8] and was mother of his children, including Kings Ramiro II 
and Alfonso IV of León.
Gutierre Menéndez,[7] count, who married Ilduara Ériz, daughter of count Ero 
Fernández[10] and countess Adosinda.[9] This couple had several children, including 
Saint Rudesind.
Enderquina "Palla" Menéndez, who married Gundesindo Eriz,[8] son of count Ero 
Fernández.[7][9]
Ildonza or Aldonza Menéndez who married Gutierre Osorio,[8][7][9] count in Lourenzá, 
with whom she had several children, including Queen Adosinda Gutiérrez, the first wife 
of King Ramiro II of León, and Count Osorio Gutiérrez, called el conde santo (the 
saintly count),[8] founder of the Monastery of Lourenzá[7]
Patruina Menéndez[9]
Gudilona Menéndez, the wife of count Lucidio Vimáraz of Portucale, son of count 
Vimara Pérez and Trudildi.[11] Her filiation, a hypothesis by Almeida Fernández, is not 
documented.[10]

Parents
____ Gutierre (ABT  830 - )
____ Elvira (ABT  830 - )

Siblings
GUTIERREZ OF PORTUGAL Hermenegildo (ABT  850 - AFT May  912)
GUTIERREZ Osorio (ABT  850 - )

Marriage To GATONEZ Hermesinde (ABT  850 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Gaton (ABT  830 - )
____ Egilona (ABT  830 - )

Children by GATONEZ Hermesinde ABT  850 - 
GUTIERREZ Ildonca (ABT  870 -  942)
MENENDEZ Nunja Elvira (ABT  875 -  921)
MENENDEZ Gutierre (ABT  880 - )

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