Munio (Castilla) Núñez (abt. 850 - abt. 912)

Born about 0850 in Reino de Asturias [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died about 0912 at about age 62 in Condado de Castilla, Reino de León [uncertain]

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Retablo Iglesia San Juan, Castrojeriz, Burgos

Munio Núñez, the third Count of Castile (0899, 0909), repopulated Castrojeriz (0882) and Roa (0912). He is thought to be the son of Nuño Muñoz and grandson of Munio Núñez ^[1] and Argilo, of Brañosera charter fame. ^[2] His mother's name is not known. What little is known about Munio comes from the appendix of the Crónica Abeldense, written in November 0883. ^[3] The narration describes the military campaign in 0882 commanded by al-Mundir , son of the Emir of Córdoba, Muhammad I. Al-Mundir would become Emir himself in 0886, for a short reign of two years. He was repelled in Cellorigo (La Rioja) by the Count of Álava, Vela Jiménez, and in Pancorbo (Burgos) by the Count of Castile, Diego Rodríguez. Al-Mundir continued on to Castrojeriz in León, an area Munio Núñez was trying to fortify at the time. ^[1] The area was referred to in the Crónica Abeldense as Castrum Sigerici, which had been successively a Celtiberian, Roman and Visigoth fortress. ^[4] In 0882 Munio was forced to flee to safety. A year later, the Muslim campaign was repeated, with similar results, only this time, Castrojeriz was ready for the attack and al-Mundir was repelled by Munio Núñez. ^[1]

A Munio Núñez appears in the Anales Primeros Castellanos written shortly after 0939, ^[5] who is likely to be the same Munio as in Castrojeriz. The manuscript mentions him as one of the three counts King Garcia I of León, who was probably his son-in-law, commissioned to be repopulated around the river Duero in 0912: Munio Núñez in Roa, Gonzalo Téllez in Osma, and Gonzalo Fernández, his first cousin, in Aza, Clunia and San Esteban de Gormaz. ^{[1] [6]}

El Paso de Pancorbo, Eugenio Lucas Velázquez

Regarding his first name, it should be noted that it is Munio, not Nuño. The two are different first names. They were not confused in the ninth century, but they often are today, and he is sometimes referred to among historians as Nuño Núñez instead of the correct, Munio Núñez. His nickname was "El de Castrojeriz", "the one from Castrojeriz". ^[1]

Munio's birth date has been cited as around the middle of the 9th Century ^[1] and the year 0850 has been used arbitrarily in WT. The year 0912 is considered his death date because he disappears from the documentation in 0912, after the repopulation of Roa, and his cousin, Gonzalo Fernández, became Count of Castile in that same year. ^[1] As to his birth and death places, since his family was connected with Brañosera (Palencia) and he with Castile, the Kingdom of Asturias (Reino de Asturias) has been used for his birth and the County of Castile, Kingdom of León, (Condado de Castilla, Reino de León), for his death.

Although Munio married and had children, the name of his wife is not known, and the (possible) name of only one daughter, Muniadona Muñoz, comes down to us. Muniadona is said to have been married in the year 0896 to García I Adefónsiz, King of León (abt 0870-0914), with whom she did not have children. ^[7] There are several theories regarding other husbands she may have married, for more information see her entry in Wikitree.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} _ Martínez Díez, Gonzalo, "Munio Núñez", Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (www.rah.es), accessed 22 Sep 2019, (blss)
2. ↑ _ Website Historia del Condado de Castilla: Iglesia Aparicio, Javier, "Brañosera", Historia del Condado de Castilla, 18 Jul 2012 (https://www.condadodecastilla.es/), accessed 19 Apr 2019, (blss)
3. ↑ _ WIKIPEDIA: "Crónica abeldense", accessed 22 Sep 2019, (blss)
4. ↑ _ WIKIPEDIA: "Castrojeriz", accessed 22 Sep 2019, (blss)
5. ↑ _ WIKIPEDIA: "Anales Castellanos Primeros", accessed 22 Sep 2019, (blss)
6. ↑ _ WIKIPEDIA: Munio Núñez (grandson of Munio Núñez of Brañosera), accessed 22 Sep 2019, (blss)
7. ↑ _ Álvarez Álvarez, César, "García I", Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (www.rah.es), accessed 26 Aug 2019, (blss)