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Birth:          ABT  900 
Death:          ABT  955 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Berm%C3%BAdez_de_Cea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermudo_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez
Bermudo Núñez (died c. 955), was a magnate from León and the first Count of Cea. 
He appears for the first time in 921 confirming a donation to the Monastery of San 
Benito in Sahagún from which it can be assumed that he was probably born near the 
end of the 9th-century.[1] A loyal vassal of the Leonese monarchs, he confirmed 
several royal charters and appears with the title of Count from at least the year 950, 
governing as a tenente the Cea region from 939 onwards.

He probably played a relevant role in the Battle of Simancas and after this victory of 
the Leonese troops, collaborated with his brother, Oveco Núñez, Bishop of León in 
the repoblación of Salamanca.[2]
Family origins[edit]

Although his filiation has not been confirmed, several hypotheses have been put 
forward. Medievalist scholar Margarita Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León believes that 
he could have been the son of Nuño Ordóñez, a son of King Ordoño I of Asturias and 
brother of Alfonso III,[3] which, according to the author, would explain the rapid rise 
of this lineage and its proximity to the royal house.

According to another hypothesis, proposed by genealogist Jaime de Salazar y Acha, 
Bermudo would have been the son of a Nuño Vélaz (or Vela), a son of Vela Jiménez, 
Count of Álava, through whom the Vela lineage spread throughout the Kingdom of 
León which would also explain the Basque-Navarrese names in subsequent 
generations.[4][a]

Bishop Oveco Núñez in a charter dated 28 August 945, confirms several donations 
made by King Ramiro II of León to the Monastery of Sahagún, also confirming the 
charter his brothers Vela, Suero, Munio, Bermudo and Nuño Núñez, followed by some 
of the children of these brothers, including Fernando Bermúdez, son of Bermudo 
Núñez.[6] He also had a sister named Gontrodo who married Ansur Fernández, Count 
of Monzón, the parents of Queen Teresa Ansúrez, wife of King Sancho I of León.[7]

Marriage and issue[edit]

Count Bermudo Núñez married twice.[8] From his first marriage to Argilo, he was the 
father of:
Froiloba Bermúdez, the first-born, married Muño Flaínez before 947.
Fernando Bermúdez (died in 978), the second Count of Cea, inherited from his father 
and from his uncle Bishop Oveco.
Piniolo Bermúdez, who confirms, with his brothers Fernando and Jimena, a donation 
made by his father on 13 August 949 to the Monastery of Santiago de Valdávida.
Jimena Bermúdez
Vela Bermúdez (died after March 976), the father of Argilo, Nuño, and of Count 
Bermudo Vela.

Between 947 and 949, he married Velasquita, with whom he had two sons:
Álvaro Bermúdez
Oveco Bermúdez

Parents
ORDONEZ Nunio (ABT  850 - AFT  900)
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Siblings
NUNEZ Bermudo (ABT  900 - ABT  955)

Marriage To VELASQUEZ Velasquita (ABT  900 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
NUNEZ Vela ()
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Children by VELASQUEZ Velasquita ABT  900 - 
BERMUDEZ Froiloba (ABT  930 - )
BERMUDEZ Fernando (ABT  930 -  978)

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