Lucídio Vimaranes (died ) was the second

count of Portugal The County of Portugal ( pt, Condado de Portugal, Condado Portucalense, Condado de Portucale; in documents of the period the name used was Portugalia) refers to two successive medieval counties in the region around Braga and Porto, today corresp ...

within the

Kingdom of Asturias The Kingdom of Asturias ( la, Asturum Regnum; ast, Reinu d'Asturies) was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the Visigothic nobleman Pelagius. It was the first Christian political entity established after the Umayyad conquest of V ...

, which was divided internally into several provinces called "counties". Portus Cale was one of these counties which was incorporated in the Kingdom as a new land conquered from the moors. Although Lucídio's parentage is not confirmed in any source, all historians agree that based on his uncommon patronymic, he was most probably the son of Vímara Peres. Upon the death of his father, King

Alfonso III of Asturias Alfonso III (20 December 910), called the Great ( es, el Magno), was the king of León, Galicia and Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. In later sources he is the earliest to be called "Emperor of Spai ...

entrusted him with the government of the county jointly with Count

Hermenegildo Gutiérrez Hermenegildo Gutiérrez (Hermenegildo Guterres in Portuguese) (c. 850 – after May 912), 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 cu ...

who was succeeded by his son

Gutier Menéndez Gutier Menéndez (''c''. 865 – 934) was the most powerful Galicia (Spain), Galician magnate of his time in the Kingdom of León. Related to the royal family through marriages, he acted as a powerbroker in the civil wars that followed the disput ...

. In the 11th-century, his great-grandson Count

Alvito Nunes Alvito Nunes or Aloyto Núñez (died 1015) was an 11th-century Count of Portugal. Following the death of Menendo González in 1008, he governed the county jointly with Toda, count Menendo's widow. Alvito Nunes was killed by Vikings during a bloody ...

, initiated a second period in which the family governed the County of Portugal after succeeding Count

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 ...

, son of Count

Gonzalo Menéndez Gonzalo Menéndez (or Gonçalo Mendes) (''fl''. 950–997) was a Count of Portugal in the Kingdom of León. He regularly carries the title count (''comes''), the highest in the kingdom, in surviving documents. He may have used the title ''mag ...

. He governed as

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part of the territory of

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in 910, and in the following year appears as a ''previsor'' in

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. Lucídio was a member of the '' Curia Regis'' and as such, confirmed several royal charters between 887 and 917.

Marriage and issue

He married Gudilona (d. after 915). Her filiation has not been confirmed and historian António Fernandes Almeida believes that she was probably the daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez, although

José Mattoso José João da Conceição Gonçalves Mattoso (born at Leiria, January 23, 1933) is a Portuguese medievalist and university professor. Mattoso earned his doctoral degree in medieval history from the Catholic University of Leuven, in Belgium, in 196 ...

points out that there is no documentary proof sustaining this relationship. Both appear together in 915 donating Fermoselhe to the Cathedral of Coimbra. They were the parents of: * Tedón Lucídiz * Vermudo Lucídiz * Aloyto (or Alvito) Lucídiz, married Munia Dias, daughter of Count

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and sister of

Mumadona Dias Mumadona Dias, or Muniadomna Díaz (died 968), was a Galician people, Galician noble and County of Portugal, Countess of Portugal, who ruled the county jointly with her husband from about and then on her own after her husband's death around 950 u ...

. Their son, Lucídio Aloítez was the father of Onega Lucídiz, the second wife of Count Rodrigo Velázquez who was defeated by his rival, Count

in the Battle of Aguioncha. This Onega (also spelled Onneca) is often confused with her namesake, the wife of the aforementioned count Diogo Fernandes. * Rodrigo Lucídiz

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