Nuno Mendes or Nuño Menéndez (died February 1071) was the last count of Portugal from the family of Vímara Peres . The son of Count Mendo Nunes (Menendo Núñez), his desires for greater autonomy for Portugal led him to face King Garcia II of Galicia .
5-426: Nuno Mendes may refer to: Nuno Mendes (count) (died 1071), count of Portugal Nuno Mendes (chef) (born 1973), Portuguese chef Nuno Mendes (footballer, born 1978) , Portuguese former football midfielder Nuno Mendes (rower) (born 1984), Portuguese rower Nuno Mendes (footballer, born 2002) , Portuguese football left-back [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
10-641: A donation to the Monastery of Santo Antonino de Barbudo of some properties in Luivão ( Lage, Vila Verde ), confirming as Ego comes Nunus Menendiz et uxor mea comitissa domna Goncina ("I, Count Nuno Menéndez and my wife Countess dona Goncina"). On 18 February 1071 he fought in the Battle of Pedroso , near the Monastery of São Martinho de Tibães , and his defeat and death led the winning Garcia II to call himself King of Galicia and Portugal. The County of Portugal
15-440: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nuno Mendes (count) A patron of the Monastery of Guimarães , he first appears in the curia regis of King Ferdinand I of León in 1059, and with the title of count for the first time in 1070 when he appears confirming a donation made by King Garcia II. He married Goncina with whom he appears on 17 February 1071 making
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25-564: Was then subsumed into the crowns of Galicia and León until regranted by King Alfonso VI of León and Castile a quarter-century later. He owned properties in Nogueira , Santa Tecla , Dadim , Cerqueda , Gualtar , and Barros , which were probably confiscated after his defeat and given later by King Alfonso VI of León to his son-in-law Sisnando. Although the battle of Pedroso has been mistakenly dated in January of that year, as mentioned in
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