Hermenegildo Alóitez

Hermenegildo Alóitez
Count of Présaras

Sobrado Abbey, founded by Hermenegildo and his wife Paterna
Spouse(s) Paterna Gundesíndiz

Issue

Noble family Ancestor of the House of Traba
Father Alóito Gutiérrez
Mother Argilo Alóitez
Born c. 898
Died 966
Sobrado, Galicia
Buried Monastery of Sobrado dos Monges, Galicia

Hermenegildo Alóitez (c. 898 – before 966), was a magnate and member of the highest nobility of Galicia in the 10th-century. His parents were Count Aloito Gutiérrez and Argilo Alóitez, daughter of Alóito and Paterna, the founders of the Monastery of Cines in the territory of Nendos, A Coruña.[1][2][3]

Biographical sketch

His paternal uncles were counts Hermenegildo Gutiérrez, who defeated the Muslim troops and conquered Oporto and Coimbra, and Osorio Gutiérrez, the grandfather of Queen Adosinda Gutiérrez, the first wife of King Ramiro II of León and of Osorio Gutiérrez the founder of the Monastery of Lourenzá. He had three brothers; Gundesindo Alóitez, Bishop of Iria Flavia, Arias, and Count Gutierre Alóitez.[4]

In 920, he was named Count of Présaras by King Ramiro II whom he served as his mayordomo mayor from 937 to 949. With his wife Paterna he founded in 952 the Monastery of Sobrado dos Monges.[5][6] This monastery was inherited by his descendants, members of the House of Traba, and nearly two centuries later, in January 1142, two of the most relevant members of this lineage, the brothers Fernando and Bermudo Pérez de Traba, handed it over to the Cistercian monks.[7] In 958, Hermenegildo and Paterna transferred the county of Présaras to the monastery which they had founded and,[8] in that same year, he retired there where he lived as a monk the rest of his life. He died before 10 December 966 and was buried at his monastery.[5]

Marriage and issue

He married Paterna Gundesíndiz (died before December 955), daughter of Gundesindo and Senior, with whom he appears in 916 buying certain properties.[4] They were the parents of

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