Ilduara_Mendes

Ilduara Mendes

Ilduara Mendes

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Ilduara Mendes or Ilduara Menéndez (attested 1025 – 1058),[1] was a Countess of Portugal, and regent of Portugal during the minority of her son.

Life

Daughter of Count Menendo González and his wife Tutadomna Moniz,[2] Ilduara had several brothers and sister, including Elvira Menéndez, wife of King Alfonso V of León.[3] She governed the county jointly with her husband Count Nuno Alvites, son of Alvito Nunes and Gontina. Since their son Mendo Nunes was a minor in 1028 when his father died, he governed the county under the tutelage of his mother Ilduara.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Mattoso 1981, p. 113.
  2. [2]
    Mattoso 1981, p. 113 and 149.
  3. [3]
    Mattoso 1981, p. 148.

Bibliography

  • Mattoso, José (1981). "As famílias condais portucalenses dos séculos X e XII". A nobreza medieval portuguesa: a família e o poder (in Portuguese). (Originally published in Studium Generale 12 (1968-1969) pp. 59–115). Lisbon: Editorial Estampa. pp. 101–157. OCLC 8242615.
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