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Birth:          ABT  980 
Death:          ABT 1049 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Fla%C3%ADnez
Fernando Flaínez (fl. c. 1002–c. 1049)[1] was a powerful magnate from the Kingdom of 
León, member of the aristocratic lineage of the Flaínez. His parents were Flaín Muñoz 
and his wife Justa Fernández, daughter of count Fernando Bermúdez de Cea. He was 
the paternal grandfather of Jimena Díaz, the uncle of her husband, Rodrigo Díaz de 
Vivar El Cid, and the direct ancestor of the important medieval lineage of the Osorios. 
He married Elvira Peláez, daughter of Pelayo Rodríguez and Gotina Fernández de 
Cea, with whom he had at least seven children: Flaín, Oveco, Justa, Pedro, Pelayo, 
Muño and Diego. He was the tenente of Aguilar and documented with the title of 
count as of 1028. Jointly with his son, Flaín Fernández, he governed the city of León 
until 1038 when the kingdom was already under the control of King Sancho III of 
Navarre.
Biographical sketch[edit]

He first appears in medieval charters in 999 when, jointly with his brother Munio, 
confirmed a donation by the Bishop of León to the Monastery of Sahagún On 26 
February 1020, he and his wife accompanied by several of his children founded the 
Monastery of San Martín de Pereda in Valle de Valdeburón which was subsequently 
incorporated in the Monastery of Benevívere.[a][2] In this document, he mentions that 
he had inherited several of the properties being donated from Fredenando Uermudiz et 
Flanio Moniz, his grandfather and father, respectively.

As a loyal vassal of King Alfonso V of León, he appears constantly confirming royal 
charters and was honored with the title of Count at the end of the reign of Alfonso and 
at least from 1028.[3] After the death of Alfonso V and the succession to the throne by 
Bermudo III of León, Fernando supported his first cousin King Sancho III of Navarre,
[b] although, at first, he accompanied the young monarch as evidenced in a donation 
made by Bermudo III in November 1028 to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela 
where he appears with other magnates confirming the royal charter.[3] His presence in 
the curia regis of King Bermudo III was infrequent from 1029 until 1035 and this 
absence could be attributed to his involvement — active or behind the scenes — in the 
assassination of García Sánchez, Count of Castile in 1029 when he went to the city of 
León to meet Sancha, his promised bride and future wife of King Ferdinand I of León.
[3]

He was back at the court of Bermudo III to whom he remained faithful until the king 
was killed in the Battle of Tamarón in 1037. Fernando Flaínez did not hand over the 
capital of the Kingdom of León to Ferdinand I until 1038 and kept all his honors and 
estates until his death, after 1049, the last year in which he appears in the charters of 
the Monastery of Sahagún.[4]

Marriage and issue[edit]

He married his first cousin, Elvira Peláez, daughter of Count Pelayo Rodríguez and 
Countess Gotina Fernández, another daughter of Fernando Bermúdez de Cea, and as 
such, also a sister of Queen Jimena and of Justa Fernández, Fernando's mother.[5] 
They were the parents of the following children, except Justa, all born before February 
1020, the date on which they appear confirming the donation made by their parents:
Flaín Fernández (died before 1065), a count and husband of Toda Fernández and 
father of Martín Flaínez
Oveco Fernández, married to Onecca Gutiérrez
Pedro Fernández
Pelayo Fernández (died after June 1049), a count before 1043, he could have been 
the father of Flaín Peláez
Muño Fernández
Diego Fernández, the father of Jimena Díaz, wife of El Cid
Justa Fernández, named after her paternal grandmother, Justa was the second wife of 
Count Ansur Díaz who, with his first wife, was the father of the powerful count Pedro 
Ansúrez[6]

Parents
MUNOZ Flain (ABT  950 - )
FERNANDEZ Justa (ABT  955 - )

Siblings
FLAINEZ Fernando (ABT  980 - ABT 1049)
FLAINEZ Pedro (ABT  990 - )

Marriage To PELAEZ Elvira (ABT  980 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
RODRIGUEZ Pelayo (ABT  950 - )
FERNANDEZ Gotina (ABT  957 - )

Children by PELAEZ Elvira ABT  980 - 
FERNANDEZ Diego (ABT 1030 - )

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