Ero Fernández
Ero Fernández(diedc.926) was aGalicianmagnate,count inLugo,grandfather ofSt. Rudesind,[1]and ancestor of several noble Galician and Portuguese lineages who married into the highest ranks of the nobility of the kingdoms ofLeónandCastile.
Biography
[edit]His filiation has not been documented; from hispatronymicit is known that his father was named Fernando[2]and the presence of another count at court namedDiego Fernández,ancestor of a powerful family in northernPortugal,has led to the two being viewed as powerful brothers.[3][4]Count Ero lived during the reigns ofAlfonso IIIand his successors and held the title of count from the end of the 9th century and the first decades of the following century.[2]His presence in thecuria regiaof King Alfonso is confirmed in a charter issued by the king on 30 September 899 when he donated several villages in the territory ofCoimbrato theCathedral of Santiago de Compostela.[5]
He was thetenant-in-chiefofLugoand on 7 July 910, while in this region, he confirmed a document addressed to KingOrdoño IIwhereby he and several other counts promised to rebuild the homes that had been destroyed in the city.[6]A year later, on 22 April 911, he witnessed a charter of King Ordoño confirming to the Cathedral of Santiago the donations that had been made by his predecessors.[7]
Count Ero was a great benefactor of monasteries. With his second wife Elvira he founded the Monastery ofFerreira de Pallares[1]where he retired while Elvira was still alive. He appears for the last time on 24 September 926 confirming thebride tokengiven by Gunterico Arias to Eros's granddaughter Gontrodo González.[8][7]He probably died shortly afterwards and was buried at the Monastery of Ferreira de Pallares which he had founded.
Marriages and issue
[edit]Ero Fernández married twice. From his first marriage with Adosinda ofMonterroso(died before 898),[2][1][3]he had two children:[2][3]
- Gundesindo Ériz, who married Enderquina "Palla" Menéndez, daughter of countHermenegildo Gutiérrezand Ermesinda Gatónez, with whom he had numerous descendants.
- Ilduara Ériz, wife of countGutier Menéndezof Coimbra,[9]also the son of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez. This couple had several children, including St.Rudesind,founder of theMonastery of San Salvador de Celanova,andbishopofMondoñedo.Among their descendants were queensElvira Menéndezand (probably)Velasquita Ramírezof León.
Around 898, he married again, this time, countess Elvira, who made a generous donation that year to the Monastery of Ferreira de Pallares which both had founded. The children of this marriage were:[10]
- Diego Ériz. In 917 his mother Elvira made a donation for his soul.[1]He is believed to be the father Nepociano and Gundesinda Díaz, although there is no convincing documentary evidence of this parentage.[10]
- Godesteo Ériz (died in 939), married to Gugina with whom he had five children.[3][10]As a widow, Gugina made a donation for her husband's soul, mentioning count Ero and Elvira as her parents. Based on this document, some historians, such as Emilio Sáez, believed that she was their daughter, although other documents indicate that she was actually their daughter-in-law.
He had two other daughters, although it is not certain from which of his two marriages:[3]
- Teresa Ériz, wife ofGonzalo Betótez,[9]count inDeza,and the parents of, among others, Queen Aragonta, briefly wife of King Ordoño II; count Pelayo González of Deza; and countHermenegildo González.They were also ancestors of queensElvira Menéndezand (probably)Velasquita Ramírez.
- Goto Ériz, wife of a Munio, possibly the parents of Ero Muñoz.
References
[edit]- ^abcdRey Caiña 1992,p. 58.
- ^abcdTorres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1999,p. 282.
- ^abcdeSalazar y Acha 1989,p. 69.
- ^Sáez 1947,p. 49.
- ^Sáez 1947,pp. 50–51.
- ^Sáez 1947,pp. 51–52.
- ^abSáez 1947,p. 53.
- ^Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1999,p. 292.
- ^abLópez Sangil 2001,p. 146.
- ^abcTorres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1999,p. 284.
Bibliography
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- Mattoso, Jose João de Conceizao Gonzalves (1968). "As Familias Condals Portucalenses dos seculos X e XI".Studium Generale(in Portuguese).12:59–115.
- Rey Caiña, José Ángel (1992)."Abadalogio del Monasterio de Santa María de Ferreira de Pallares"(PDF).Boletín do Museo Provincial de Lugo(in Spanish). No. V. Lugo. pp. 55–89.ISSN0212-8438.
- Sáez, Emilio (1947)."Los ascendientes de San Rosendo: notas para el estudio de la monarquía astur-leonesa durante los siglos IX y X".Hispania: Revista española de Historia(in Spanish) (XXX). Madrid: CSIC, Instituto Jerónimo Zurita: 139–156.OCLC682814356.
- Salazar y Acha, Jaime de (1989). "Los descendientes del conde Ero Fernández, fundador del Monasterio de Santa María de Ferreira de Pallares".El Museo de Pontevedra(in Spanish) (43): 67–86.ISSN0210-7791.
- Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita Cecilia (1999).Linajes nobiliarios de León y Castilla: Siglos IX-XIII(in Spanish). Salamanca: Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de educación y cultura.ISBN84-7846-781-5.