Arias Menéndez (
Portuguese: Arias Mendes,
Galician: Arias Menendiz; died after June 924)
was the son of
Hermenegildo Gutiérrez and Ermesenda Gatónez, daughter of count Gatón of
Bierzo
El Bierzo (; or ''El Bierzu''; ) is a ''comarca'' in the province of León, Spain. Its capital is the town of Ponferrada. Other major towns are Bembibre and Villafranca del Bierzo, the historical capital.
The territory of El Bierzo includ ...
and
Astorga.
He supported the cause of King
Alfonso III of Asturias
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and, as compensation for his loyalty, in 911 he was elected
Count of Coimbra
The County of Coimbra ( Old Galician: ''Comtato de Coimbra'') was a political entity consisting of the lands of Coimbra, Viseu, Lamego and Santa Maria da Feira, in modern Portugal.
History
Counts of the Christians of Coimbra
During the Visig ...
,
which was repopulated by his father.
Years later, he was appointed, along with his brother
Gutierre Menéndez
Gutierre is an old Spanish male given name. The surname Gutiérrez is derived from this name.
Notable people
Notable people with the name include:
* Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo, Spanish priest
* Gutierre de Cetina (1519–1554), Spanish poet and s ...
, Count of
Caldelas,
Refojos de Leça,
Lor,
Quiroga,
Búbal, Triós,
Limia
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,
Salnés,
Paramo,
Ladra,
Sorga in Galicia, as well as
Refojos de Leza further south in the county of Portugal.
With his brother Guterre, he brought monks to restore the
monastery of Samos in Galicia and, from that moment, a prosperous relationship began between the comital family and the monastery.
Marriage and Descent
He married Ermesenda Gundesíndez,
daughter of Gudensindo Ériz (son of
Ero Fernández
Ero Fernández (died 926) was a Galician magnate, count in Lugo, grandfather of St. Rudesind, and ancestor of several noble Galician and Portuguese lineages who married into the highest ranks of the nobility of the kingdoms of León and Cast ...
) and Enderquina Menéndez, daughter of
Hermenegildo Gutiérrez, thus being his niece. From this marriage the following children were born:
* Elvira Arias (died after 962), married Munio Gutiérrez, her cousin, son of Count
Gutierre Menéndez
Gutierre is an old Spanish male given name. The surname Gutiérrez is derived from this name.
Notable people
Notable people with the name include:
* Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo, Spanish priest
* Gutierre de Cetina (1519–1554), Spanish poet and s ...
and Countess Ilduara Ériz
* Inderquina Arias
See also
*
County of Coimbra
The County of Coimbra ( Old Galician: ''Comtato de Coimbra'') was a political entity consisting of the lands of Coimbra, Viseu, Lamego and Santa Maria da Feira, in modern Portugal.
History
Counts of the Christians of Coimbra
During the Visig ...
*
Monastery of San Xulián de Samos
The Monastery of San Xulián de Samos ( Galician: ''Mosteiro de San Xulián de Samos''; Spanish: ''Monasterio de San Julián de Samos'') is an active Benedictine monastery in Samos, Galicia, Spain. It was founded in the sixth century.
The monas ...
References
{{County of Coimbra
County of Coimbra
Galician nobility
10th-century people from the Kingdom of León