Hermenegildo González or Mendo I Gonçalves (died between 943 and 950) was a
Galician count in the 10th century
Kingdom of León, tenente in
Deza, and the ancestor of one of the most relevant
Galaico-Portuguese lineages of the
Early Middle Ages. He appears in medieval charters confirming as Ermegildus Gundisaluis.
Biography
The son of count
Gonçalo Betotes [
pt] and Teresa Eriz, and maternal grandson of count
Ero Fernández, Hermenegildo had several brothers and sisters, including Aragonta González, who was the wife of
Ordoño II of León before being set aside, and count Pelayo González.[1][2]
He begins to appear in medieval charters in 926, and apparently died relatively young, as he is no longer seen after 943, and certainly by 950 when his widow and children divide the inheritance, while his widow continues to appear through 981.
Marriage and issue
He married
Mumadona Dias,
Countess of Portugal between 915 and 920, daughter of Count
Diego Fernández and Countess Onecca (Onega) and founder of the Monastery of Guimarães.[3] In 926, King
Ramiro II of León donated to the couple the village known as Creximir near
Guimarães. Two years later, Mumadona's mother, Onecca, made a donation, confirmed by several magnates, including her son-in-law Hermenegildo, to the
Monastery of Lorvãoin memoria domnissimi nostri nomini ueremudi diue memorie where she mentions all her children:[4][a]
Gonzalo Menéndez,[3] count and dux magnus of Portugal, who first appears in a document of 24 July 950, the same document which confirms Hermenegildo as already dead.
Diego Menéndez (died after 964), married to Aldonza and father of a nun at the monastery founded by her grandmother, after whom she was named, Mumadona Dias.[b]
Ramiro Menéndez (died before 964), married to Adosinda Gutiérrez, daughter of Count
Gutierre Menéndez and Ilduara Ériz. This couple were probably the parents of Queen
Velasquita, the first wife of King
Bermudo II of León.[7][8]
Onecca Menéndez, married to Gutierre Rodríguez
Nuño Menéndez (died ca. 959);
Arias Menéndez
Notes
^In December 928, Onecca donated Villa Cova to the Monastery of Lorvão, mentioning her children who confirm the document as Munnia, Ledegundia, Exemenus Didaz, Mummadoma, also confirming Ermegildus Gundisaluis. Charter mentioned by Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León.
^This Mumadona is often confused with her grandmother. Historian Cardozo wrote that Mumadona, the wife of Hermenegildo González, was still alive in 992 based on a charter where her granddaughter and namesake received a donation from a friar.[5][6]
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