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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" < >
Subject: Maternal ancestry of Teresa, Countess of Portugal
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 21:06:35 GMT


[Note: I was going through a pile of unlabelled disks, and came across the
following document. I threw this together for my spanish e-mail group
before s.g.med came into existance, but thought it might be of interest to
this broader group.]

The nation of Portugal owes its existance to the actions of two
individuals, mother and son, who laid the foundations for an independent
kingdon. Teresa de Leon, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VI of Leon and
Castile married Henry of Burgundy, and by him was mother of Affonso I
Enriquez, first King of Portugal. From him come not only the future Kings
of Portugal, but also, through the marriage of his daughter Urraca with
Fernando II of Leon, the Kings of Castile and Leon, Eleanor of Castile,
wife of Edward I of England, and Sancha de Ayala, who has many English and
American descendants. For this reason it is of genealogical interest to
investigate the ancestry of Teresa. Traditional accounts have Teresa, b.
ca. 1070 as the daughter of Ximena (Jimena) Munoz, daughter of Nuno
Rodriguez, Count of Leon and ancestor of the House of Guzman, by Jimena, a
descendant of Vermudo II of Leon, while some more adventurous, but even
less accurate sources make Teresa the daughter of the moslem princess
Zaida. In light of recent research presented in spanish sources, these
descents must be rejected. In their place, we have a descent which lacks
royalty, but can be supported by contemporay documents. It is unfortunate
that no one has yet, to my knowledge, published an account of this descent
in full, but from a collection of sources, the following can be compiled:

(The following does not represent original research, for which I have
neither the resources nor the capabilities, but is a summary of published
information)

References:

Prieto Prieto, Alfonso. El Conde Fruela Munoz - un Asturiano del Siglo XI.
_Asturiensia Medievalia_ 2:11-37

Quintana Prieto, Augusto. Jimena Muniz, Madre de Dona Teresa de Portugal.
_Revista Portuguesa de Historia_ 12:223-280.

Saez Sanchez, Emilio. Notas al Episcopologio Minduniense del Siglo X.
_Hispana_ 11:3-79

Salazar Acha, Jaime de. Una Familia de la Alta Edad Media: Los Vela y su
Realidad Historica. _Estudios Genealogicos y Heraldicos_ 1:18-60

Lineage of Teresa, Countess of Portugal

1. Muno Rodriguez 'canis', occurs in documents from 992-1020. He married
Enderquina Fruelaz, daughter of Fruela Velaz (fl. 950-78, son of Vela Nunez
and Todilde) by his wife Eilo.

+ i. Munio
ii. Mayor m. Munio Fernandez
iii. Eilo m. Gonzalo Munoz
iv. Elvira m. Fernando Nunez
v. Aldonza m. Piniolo Jimenez (note that this couple are assigned
by Menendez Pidal and others as ancestors of Jimena, wife
of Rodrigo Diez de Vivar, El Cid, but this confuses this
Piniolo Jimenez with his maternal grandfather, Piniolo
Gundemariz. Piniolo Jimenez and Aldonza are thought to
have d.s.p.)

2. Munio Munoz. He was married twice, first to Jimena Munoz, daughter of
Munio Fernandez de Somedo, and his wife Jimena, and sister of Count Fruela
Munoz (ancestor of Sancha de Ayala). He married second, Muniadona Jimenez,
sister of Piniolo Jimenez and daughter of Jimeno Jimenez (fl.976-1017, son
of Jimeno Diaz, son of Diego Fernandez) and his wife, Aragonta Pinioliz
(dau. of Piniolo Gundemariz and his wife Jimena Velaz, sister of Fruela
Velaz, above). While Jimena was mother of his daughters, I have found no
source which specifies the mother of his son, through whom the descent
continues.

+ i. Munio
ii. Adosinda
iii. Maria
iv. Jimena m. Munio Rodriguez

3. Munio Munoz, Count of Astorga, fl. 1058-1088. married Valasquita.

+ i. Jimena
ii. Marina m. Odoario Pelaez
iii. Pelayo m. Aura Vellito
iv. Garcia m. Fronilde Annalez
v. Pedro

4. Jimena Munoz. She was mistress of Alfonso VI, King of Leon and Castile
about 1078-1080. She died about 1128, and was buried at San Andres de
Espinareda.

i. Elvira m. Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse
+ ii. Teresa

5. Teresa Alfonso, Countess of Portugal, married Henry of Burgundy, son of
Henry and grandson of Robert, Duke of Burgundy.

i. Affonso I, King of Portugal
ii. Urraca m. Bermudo Perez de Trava, Count of Trastamara
iii. Sancha m. Fernando, Count of Braganza
iv. Teresa m. Sancho Nunez de Barbosa

Todd A. Farmerie

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