Vímara Peres
Vímara Peres (Spanish variant of the name: Vímara Pérez ; * around 820, † 873 ) was a Galician warlord of noble descent.
He was in the service of the Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula. As a vassal of King Alfonso III. of Asturias he was commissioned to recapture areas in the Duero Valley from the Moors , who had conquered Visigoth Hispania in the 8th century.
With the support of knights from the region, Vímara became one of the main people responsible for the repopulation ( repoblación ) of the areas between the Duero and Minho rivers . After conquering the city of Porto in the meantime , he founded the first Portuguese county with dynastic succession in 868 , which lasted until 1070 when the last count from the dynasty of Vimara Peres, Nuno Mendes , joined the troops of King García II. of Galicia was defeated.
Vímara built a small castle near Braga , which was named Vimaranis (later by phonetic development: Guimarães ). He was the first count of the county of Portucale , which became the nucleus of what would later become Portugal. It was there that he died in 873.
His successor as Count of Portus Cale ( Portugal ) was his son Lucídio Vimaranes .
The Vímara Peres dynasty
- Vímara Peres (868–873)
- Lucídio Vimaranes (873–?)
- Oneca Lucídes, married to Diogo Fernandes (? –924)
- Mumadona Dias , married to Hermenegildo Gonçalves
- Gonçalo Mendes (950–999), married to Ilduara Pais
- Mendo Gonçalves (999–1008), married to Tutadomna Moniz
- Alvito Nunes (1008-1015)
- Ilduara Mendes, daughter of Mendo Gonçalves, married to Nuno Alvites (1017-1028)
- Mendo Nunes (1028-1050)
- Nuno Mendes (1050-1071)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vímara Peres |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vímara Pérez; Peres, Vímara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Galician warlord of distinguished Visigothic descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 820 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 873 |