Alvito Nunes or Aloyto Núñez (died 1015) was an 11th-century

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. Following the death of

Menendo González Menendo González (Portuguese and Galician: ''Mendo Gonçalves''; died 6 October 1008) was a semi-autonomous Duke of Galicia and Count of Portugal (997–1008), a dominant figure in the Kingdom of León. He was the royal ''alférez'', the king's a ...

in 1008, he governed the county jointly with Toda, count Menendo's widow. Alvito Nunes was killed by

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during a bloody assault on Vermoim Castle, located around

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. He is believed to be descended from the first family Portuguese counts, that of

Vímara Peres Vímara PeresVímara is an originally Visigothic name of Germanic origin (cognate with Weimar or Guimar) and Peres is a patronymic, meaning son of Pedro or Peter. The name can then be equated to Weimar/Guimar Peterson. (died in Galicia, 873) wa ...

, through one Nuno Alvites (or Aloytez), probable grandson of Lucídio Vimaranes. He was followed in the county by his son

Nuno Alvites Nuno Alvites, also referred to as Nuno or Nuño Aloitiz ('' fl.'' 10171028), was a count of Portugal, a descendant of the first count, Vímara Peres as the son of Count Alvito Nunes and Gontina. His presence is recorded for the first time in 1017. ...

who died in 1028.

Marriage and issue

He married Gontina with whom he had at least four children: *

(d. 1028) also known as Nuño Aloytez, married to

Ilduara Mendes Ilduara Mendes or Ilduara Menéndez (attested 10251058), was a Countess of Portugal, and regent of Portugal during the minority of her son. Life Daughter of Count Menendo González and his wife Tutadomna Moniz, Ilduara had several brothers and si ...

daughter of count

, who would rule in her own right after her husband's death. * Segeredo Alvites or Aloytez, husband of Adosinda Arias and father of Azenda Segerédez, wife of Diego Gutiérrez, parents of Ardio Díaz, whose daughter Urraca Fróilaz was the first wife of count

Pedro Fróilaz de Traba Pedro Fróilaz de Traba ('' fl.'' 1086–1126) was the most powerful secular magnate in the Kingdom of Galicia during the first quarter of the twelfth century. According to the ''Historia compostelana'', he was "spirited ... warlike ... of great p ...

. Segeredo and his brother Pedro accompanied 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 h ...

in the reconquest of

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in 1064. * Pedro Alvites, documented between 1025 and 1070, abbot at

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. * Loba Alvites

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