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Vímara Peres, Count of Portugal (Galicia, circa 820 – Guimarães
Guimarães

Guimar?es is a city and List of municipalities of Portugal in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga . In the 9th century, V?mara Peres was able to expel the Moors and founded a fortified town under his own name Vimaranis which later became Guimaranis, present day Guimar?es....
, 873) was a Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 crusading duke of the 9th century in west Iberia
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
. He was a vassal of the King of Asturias
List of Asturian monarchs

This is a list of the rulers of the Kingdom of Asturias. While their existence and dates seem plausible, further verifiable details about their reigns are often scarce, especially for the early ones....
, Léon
List of Leonese monarchs

In the reign of Ordo?o I of Asturias , the kingdom began to be known as that of Le?n, Le?n. In 910, an independent Kingdom of Le?n was founded when the king of Asturias divided his territory amongst his three sons....
 and Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia

Kingdom of Galicia is the name of two distinct entities within the Iberian Peninsula. In the first period, it was a Germanic monarchy ruled by the Suebi, a Germanic languages people who entered the Western Roman Empire in 406....
, Alfonso III
Alfonso III of León

Alfonso III , called the Great, was the king of Kingdom of Le?n, Kingdom of Galicia and Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordo?o I of Asturias....
, and was sent to reconquer
Reconquista

The Reconquista was a period of 800 years in the Middle Ages during which several Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula succeeded in retaking the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims....
 and secure from the Moors
Moors

In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. There seems to have been some confusion about the relationship of the word moro/mouro to the word moreno , both from Greek language ma?ros, i.e....
 (Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
s and Berbers
Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
 who had invaded Visigoth
Visigoth

The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe, the Ostrogoths being the other. Together these tribes were among the barbarians who disturbed the late Roman Empire during the Migration Period....
ic Hispania
Hispania

Hispania was the name given by the Ancient Rome to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula . When Rome was a Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into Roman provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior....
), in the west coastal fringe of Gallaecia
Gallaecia

Gallaecia or Callaecia was the name of a Roman province and an early Mediaeval kingdom that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania ....
, the area from the Minho River
Minho River

The Minho or Mi?o is the longest river in Galicia , Spain, with an extension of 340 km.Both names come from Latin Minius. The Minho waters vineyards and farmland, is used to produce hydroelectric power, and also delineates a section of the Spain/Portugal border....
 to the Douro River, including the city of Portus Cale
Portus Cale

Portus Cale was the old name of an ancient town and port in current day Portugal. It was located in the north of Portugal, in the area of today's Grande Porto....
, later Porto
Porto

Porto , also Oporto in English, is Portugal's second city and capital of the Norte, Portugal NUTS II region. The city is located in the estuary of the Douro river in northern Portugal....
 and Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia

Vila Nova de Gaia, or simply Gaia, is a city in Portugal. It is located in the Porto district, south of the city of Porto on the other side of the river Douro....
, from were the name and political entity of Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 emerged.

In 868 Count
Count

A count is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin comes?in its Accusative case comitem?meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor"....
 Vímara Peres established the First County of Portugal
First County of Portugal

Condado de Portucale was the first county founded in Portugal. It was founded in 868, during the Reconquista as a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Asturias, by count V?mara Peres....
 , after the reconquest of the region north of the Douro
Douro

The Douro or Duero The name may have come from the Celt that inhabited the area before Roman times. .In its Spanish section, the Duero crosses the great Castile meseta and meanders through five significant provinces of the autonomous community of Castile and Leon: Soria , Burgos , Valladolid , Zamora , and Salamanca , passing t...
 river.






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Vímara Peres, Count of Portugal (Galicia, circa 820 – Guimarães
Guimarães

Guimar?es is a city and List of municipalities of Portugal in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga . In the 9th century, V?mara Peres was able to expel the Moors and founded a fortified town under his own name Vimaranis which later became Guimaranis, present day Guimar?es....
, 873) was a Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 crusading duke of the 9th century in west Iberia
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
. He was a vassal of the King of Asturias
List of Asturian monarchs

This is a list of the rulers of the Kingdom of Asturias. While their existence and dates seem plausible, further verifiable details about their reigns are often scarce, especially for the early ones....
, Léon
List of Leonese monarchs

In the reign of Ordo?o I of Asturias , the kingdom began to be known as that of Le?n, Le?n. In 910, an independent Kingdom of Le?n was founded when the king of Asturias divided his territory amongst his three sons....
 and Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia

Kingdom of Galicia is the name of two distinct entities within the Iberian Peninsula. In the first period, it was a Germanic monarchy ruled by the Suebi, a Germanic languages people who entered the Western Roman Empire in 406....
, Alfonso III
Alfonso III of León

Alfonso III , called the Great, was the king of Kingdom of Le?n, Kingdom of Galicia and Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordo?o I of Asturias....
, and was sent to reconquer
Reconquista

The Reconquista was a period of 800 years in the Middle Ages during which several Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula succeeded in retaking the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims....
 and secure from the Moors
Moors

In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. There seems to have been some confusion about the relationship of the word moro/mouro to the word moreno , both from Greek language ma?ros, i.e....
 (Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
s and Berbers
Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
 who had invaded Visigoth
Visigoth

The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe, the Ostrogoths being the other. Together these tribes were among the barbarians who disturbed the late Roman Empire during the Migration Period....
ic Hispania
Hispania

Hispania was the name given by the Ancient Rome to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula . When Rome was a Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into Roman provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior....
), in the west coastal fringe of Gallaecia
Gallaecia

Gallaecia or Callaecia was the name of a Roman province and an early Mediaeval kingdom that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania ....
, the area from the Minho River
Minho River

The Minho or Mi?o is the longest river in Galicia , Spain, with an extension of 340 km.Both names come from Latin Minius. The Minho waters vineyards and farmland, is used to produce hydroelectric power, and also delineates a section of the Spain/Portugal border....
 to the Douro River, including the city of Portus Cale
Portus Cale

Portus Cale was the old name of an ancient town and port in current day Portugal. It was located in the north of Portugal, in the area of today's Grande Porto....
, later Porto
Porto

Porto , also Oporto in English, is Portugal's second city and capital of the Norte, Portugal NUTS II region. The city is located in the estuary of the Douro river in northern Portugal....
 and Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia

Vila Nova de Gaia, or simply Gaia, is a city in Portugal. It is located in the Porto district, south of the city of Porto on the other side of the river Douro....
, from were the name and political entity of Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 emerged.

In 868 Count
Count

A count is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin comes?in its Accusative case comitem?meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor"....
 Vímara Peres established the First County of Portugal
First County of Portugal

Condado de Portucale was the first county founded in Portugal. It was founded in 868, during the Reconquista as a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Asturias, by count V?mara Peres....
 , after the reconquest of the region north of the Douro
Douro

The Douro or Duero The name may have come from the Celt that inhabited the area before Roman times. .In its Spanish section, the Duero crosses the great Castile meseta and meanders through five significant provinces of the autonomous community of Castile and Leon: Soria , Burgos , Valladolid , Zamora , and Salamanca , passing t...
 river. This was the earliest milestone in the history of the state of Portugal, although full Portuguese independence was not achieved until the 12th century.

He was able to expel the Moors and founded a fortified town under his own name Vimaranis (of Vimar) which later became Guimaranis, present day Guimarães
Guimarães

Guimar?es is a city and List of municipalities of Portugal in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga . In the 9th century, V?mara Peres was able to expel the Moors and founded a fortified town under his own name Vimaranis which later became Guimaranis, present day Guimar?es....
 (the Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 call it "The Cradle City").

Vímara Peres died in 873 in Guimarães. His son, Lucídio Vimaranes (Lucídio, son of Vímara), took control of the county. The dynasty of his House lasted until 1071 when Count Nuno Mendes was defeated by King Garcia II of Galicia
García II of Galicia and Portugal

Garc?a II was the youngest of the three sons and heirs of Ferdinand I of Le?n, king of Castile and king of Leon and Sancha of Le?n. His maternal grandparents were Alfonso V of Le?n by Elvira Mendes....
 (after conquering Portugal he was King García II of Galicia and Portugal
García II of Galicia and Portugal

Garc?a II was the youngest of the three sons and heirs of Ferdinand I of Le?n, king of Castile and king of Leon and Sancha of Le?n. His maternal grandparents were Alfonso V of Le?n by Elvira Mendes....
) in the Battle of Pedroso
Battle of Pedroso

The Battle of Pedroso was fought in January, 1071 near present day Pedroso , Portugal.Forces under Garc?a II of Galicia and Portugal, the King of Galicia, defeated those under Nuno Mendes, the last count of Portugal of the House of V?mara Peres....
.

Note that in Medieval
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
 Iberia, Count
Count

A count is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin comes?in its Accusative case comitem?meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor"....
 was a title and position equivalent to that of Duke
Duke

A duke is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy or a dukedom. The title comes from the Latin language Dux Bellorum, which had the sense of "military commander" and was employed by both the Germanic peoples themselves and by the Ancient Rome authors covering them to r...
.

House of Vímara Peres

  • Vímara Peres (c. 868-873)
  • Lucídio Vimaranes (son of Vímara – 873–?)
  • Onega Lucides (daughter of Lucídio) 8 Diogo Fernandes (?–before 924)
  • Mumadona Dias
    Mumadona Dias

    Mumadona Dias, Countess of Portugal in the 10th century, ruling between c. 924 - c. 950. She was granddaughter of V?mara Peres. Daughter of Count's Diogo Fernandes and of countess Onega Lucides, she was aunt of the king's Ramiro II of Le?n....
     (daughter of Onega and Diogo) 8 (926) Mendo I Gonçalves (also know as Hermenegildo Gonçalves Betote, son of Count Gonçalo of Galicia)
  • Gonçalo I Mendes (son of Mumadona and Mendo I) (c. 950–99; in 997 took the title Magnus Dux Portucalensium, Grand-Duke of Portugal)
  • Mendo II Gonçalves (son of Gonçalo I) (999–1008) 8 Countess Tudadomna
  • Alvito Nunes (collateral line, descent of Vímara Peres), 8 Countess Tudadomna (1008–15)
  • Ilduara Mendes (daughter of Mendo Gonçalves II and Tudadomna) 8 Nuno I Alvites (son of Alvito Nunes and Gontina) (1017–28)
  • Mendo III Nunes (1028–50)
  • Nuno II Mendes (1050–71) – last count of Vímara Peres' lineage; defeated by King Garcia II of Galicia and Portugal
    García II of Galicia and Portugal

    Garc?a II was the youngest of the three sons and heirs of Ferdinand I of Le?n, king of Castile and king of Leon and Sancha of Le?n. His maternal grandparents were Alfonso V of Le?n by Elvira Mendes....
     in the Battle of Pedroso
    Battle of Pedroso

    The Battle of Pedroso was fought in January, 1071 near present day Pedroso , Portugal.Forces under Garc?a II of Galicia and Portugal, the King of Galicia, defeated those under Nuno Mendes, the last count of Portugal of the House of V?mara Peres....
    .


Genealogy

Probable family tree of the House of Vímara Peres.

See also

  • Portucale
    Portucale

    Portucale can mean different things:*Portus Cale, old Roman name of an ancient town and port in current day Portugal, in the area of today's Grande Porto ...
  • History of Portugal
    History of Portugal

    Portugal is a European nation whose origins go back to the Early Middle Ages. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it Portugal in the Age of Discovery to the status of a world power during Europe's "Age of Discovery" as it Portuguese Empire including possessions in South America, Africa, and Asia....
  • The establishment of the monarchy in Portugal
  • Timeline of Portuguese history
    Timeline of Portuguese history

    This is a historical timeline of Portugal.*Timeline of Portuguese history *Timeline of Portuguese history *Timeline of Germanic kingdoms...
  • List of Portuguese monarchs
    List of Portuguese monarchs

    This is a list of Portuguese monarchs dating from the independence of Portugal from the kingdom of Kingdom of Le?n in 1128 under Afonso Henriques, who proclaimed himself King in 1139, to the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic on October 5, 1910, during the reign of Manuel II of Portugal, "the Patriot," or "the Missed Kin...