Alvito Nunes or Aloyto Núñez[a] (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.[1]

Alvito Nunes
Count of Portugal
Tenure1008–1015
PredecessorMenendo González
SuccessorNuno Alvites
Died1015
Spouse(s)Gontina
IssueNuno Alvites, Segeredo Alvites, Pedro Alvites, Loba Alvites
FatherNuno Alvites
Iberian Peninsula in 1002 showing the County of Portugal

Alvito Nunes was killed by Vikings during a bloody assault on Vermoim Castle, located around Vila Nova de Famalicão.

He is believed to be descended from the first family Portuguese counts, that of Vímara Peres, through one Nuno Alvites (or Aloytez), probable grandson of Lucídio Vimaranes.[2] He was followed in the county by his son Nuno Alvites who died in 1028.[1]

Marriage and issue

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He married Gontina[3][b] with whom he had at least four children:

Notes

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  1. ^ In the Chronicon Lusitanum his name is spelled Alvitus Nuniz.
  2. ^ In 985, Segiredus presbiter, sold his inheritance in Villa Laginosa to Alloyttus and his wife Gudina.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Mattoso 1970a, p. 42.
  2. ^ Mattoso 1970b, p. 16.
  3. ^ a b c d Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1998, note 10, p. 303.
  4. ^ Herculano 1868, p. 93, doc. CXLIX.
  5. ^ Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1998, note 11, p. 303.
  6. ^ Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1998, pp. 302–304.
  7. ^ Mattoso 1970b, p. 17.

Bibliography

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  • Herculano, Alexandre (1868). Academia de Ciencias de Lisboa (ed.). Portugaliae Monumenta Historica: Diplomata et chartae. Vol. I, Fasc. II. Lisbon: Olisipone. OCLC 504624362.
  • Mattoso, José (1970a). "A nobreza portucalense dos séculos IX a XI" (PDF). Do tempo e da história (in Portuguese). III. Lisboa: Instituto de Alta Cultura, Centro de Estudos Historicos: 35–50. OCLC 565153778. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  • Mattoso, José (1970b). Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, Faculdade de Letras de Universidade do Porto (ed.). As famílias condais portucalenses dos séculos X e XI (in Portuguese). Oporto: Instituto de Alta Cultura. OCLC 427415056.
  • Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita Cecilia (1998). "Relaciones fronterizas entre Portugal y León en tiempos de Alfonso VII: el ejemplo de la Casa de Traba" (PDF). Revista da Faculdade de Letras: História (in Spanish) (15, 1). Universidade do Porto: 301–312. ISSN 0871-164X.
Alvito Nunes
family of Vímara Peres
Born:  ? Died: 1015
Titles of nobility
Preceded by Count of Portugal
1008–1015
Succeeded by