Jimena Díaz de Oviedo

   Another name for Jimena was Jimena de Ovideo.

  General Notes:

On 15 Apr 1998, Todd Farmerie posted the ancestry of CHRISTINA RODRIGUEZ based on the latest research. This generation isconfirmed in that posting. He comments:

From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <taf2@po.cwru.edu>
Subject: Cid AT
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:40:01 -0400

The following is (contrary to the Subject: line) the AT for Christina Rodriguez, daughter of El Cid, and thus also provides the ancestry of his wife. I have made an attempt to use modern references when available. I have not repeated any individuals who also appear in the Teresa AT I posted a few months ago. This I will also repost shortly.

I will take this opportunity to mention that a recent article of Salazar Acha, addressed the in-laws of Christina, and concluded that contrary to what has appeared, her father-in-law the infante Sancho Garces was NOT the same as Sancho Garces Mazeratiz, and thus did not marry a second wife Endregota (a descendant of the Queen of Navarre of that name), and
was not father of her children. This directly contradicts (corrects) ES. Likewise he argues that Sancho's wife Constance was daughter of Queen Estefania of Navarre, by an otherwise unknown first husband (prior to her marriage to Garcia Sanchez).
taf

1.Christina Rodriguez de Vivar, m. Ramiro Sanchez, Lord of Monzon
2. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar b.c. 1043, d. 1098, m. 1074 [Menendez]
3. Jimena Diaz de Oviedo [Menendez]
4. Diego Lainez de Vivar d. 1058 [Menendez]
5. ______ Rodriguez [Menendez]
6. Diego Fernandez, Count of Oviedo [Menendez,Salazar]
7. Christina (Note A, and below) [Menendez,Salazar]
8. Lain Nunez fl. 1043 [Menendez]
10. Rodrigo Alvarez, fl. 1038-1066 [Menendez]
11. Teresa Lainez [Menendez]
12. Fernando Gundemariz [Menendez,Saez,Salazar]
13. Muniadona Ordonez (Note A) [Saez]
16. Nuno Lainez [Menendez]
17. Eilona Fernandez [Menendez]
20. Alvaro [(nomenclature)]
22. Lain [(nomenclature)]
24. Gundemaro Pinioliz, Count of Asturias, d. 1011 [Menendez,Salazar]
25. Muniadona [Menendez]
26. Ordono Ramirez [Saez]
32. Lain Fernandez, fl. 994-1007 (Note B) [Menendez,Vajay]
33. Tigridia Diaz [Vajay]
34. Fernan Ruiz [Menendez]
48. Piniolo Gundemariz, fl. 954-962 (Note C) [Menendez, Salazar]
49. Jimena Velaz [Salazar]
52. Ramiro Gonzalez (Note D) [Saez]
64. Fernan Lainez, Count at Salamanque, fl 953-95 [Cadenas, Menendez,Vajay]
65. Guntergoda [Vajay]
66. Diego Munoz (Note E) (See Teresa AT # 76) [Vajay]
67. Tigridia Nunez (See Teresa AT # 77) [Vajay]
68. Rodrigo Bermudez [Menendez]
96. Gundemaro [(nomenclature)]
98. Vela Nunez (see Teresa AT # 108) [Salazar]
99. Todilde (see Teresa AT # 109) [Salazar]
104. Gonzalo Menendez (see Teresa AT # 44) [Saez]
105.Ilduara Gutierrez (see Teresa AT # 45) [Saez]
128. Lain Diaz (Calvo), Judge of Castile [Menendez, Vajay]
129. Flamula [Vajay]
136. Bermudo Lainez [Menendez]
256. Diego Munoz (Note F) [Vajay]
272. Lain Diaz, See #128 [Menendez]
512.Munio Nunez, Judge of Castile (see Teresa AT # 608) [Vajay]

A. Traditional sources call the Cid's wife, Jimena Diaz, the daughter of Jimena Alfonso, dau. Alfonso V. This is clearly incorrect since Jimena's brothers specifically call their mother Christina. In near contemporary documents, Jimena Diaz is called "neptis" of Sancho II (and
Alfonso VI). In order to preserve a relationship, Menendez Pidal instead makes Jimena Alfonso the wife of Fernando Gundemariz, the grandfather of Jimena Diaz, Cid's wife, citing the tradition of a relationship, as well as nomenlcature. I have been unable to find any contemporary source which names a husband for Jimena Alfonso, nor recordof a Jimena, wife of Fernando Gundemariz. Saez discusses a document which names the wife of Fernando G, Muniadona Ordonez. Based on the sources I have available, I am forced to reject this placement of Jimena Alfonso. A descent is still possible, however. The parents of Christina are unknown (Menendez Pidal makes her daughter of Fernando Gundemariz, but only because Jimena Diaz was his granddaughter, and there were two other incorrect parentages assigned to Diego. Salazar argues convincingly that Diego was Fernando's son). Who then were Christina's parents? Her name is an unusual one in the area, and immediately reminds one of Christina Vermudez, only child of Vermudo II by his first wife, Velasquita Ramirez (and hence half-aunt of Jimena Alfonso). I think it not unlikely that Christina, mother of Jimena Diaz, was descended from Vermudo II, explaining the near-contemporary tradition of a royal relationship. (There is an identifiable Christina who is contemporary with, and perhaps identical to the wife of Diego Fernandez. She was grandaughter of the Infanta Christina Vermudez, and was named Christina Alfonso, perhaps leading to confusion with her cousin Jimena Alfonso. While I have no direct evidence for the relationship, she is the only contemporary Christina I have found. I have provided her pedigree below.)

B. That the Lain Fernandez, son of Fernando Lainez who appear in the traditional ancestry of Cid is the same as the brother of the founder of the famous Lainez family (whose descendants include Fruelaz/Cifuentes and Osorio) appears in Vajay, based on the unpublished work of Salazar and Masnata. It is not possible to appropriately evaluate this connection until the arguments on which it is based are published. (The same holds for the linkage of Lara with the Counts of Castile, and the reconstruction of the early generations of the Munoz/Nunez family of Castile. At least one connection shown in this source, a muslim descent, has proven chronologically impossible.)

C. Traditional sources, followed by Menendez Pidal make Gundemaro Pinioliz the son of Piniolo Jimenez. Since Gundemaro died in 1011/2, while Piniolo did not die until 1049, the chronology is problematic. Without discussing the matter, Salazar shows Gundemaro as uncle of
Piniolo Jimenez, son of his maternal grandfather Piniolo Gundemariz, which in clearly correct.

D. This is the pedigree supplied by Saez Sanchez. However it makes for short generations. I suspect that instead this generation should be Ramiro Menendez, uncle of Ramiro Gonzalez, and #118 below.

E. This identification is derived from the Vajay chart of the early Castilian counts. In this chart, Tigridia Diaz is not specifically shown as daughter of Diego Munoz and his wife Tigridia, but it is clear from the nomenclature and arrangement of the chart that such a connection is likely (that the chart was supposed to show this). The name Tigridia is diagnostic of a descent from Diego Munoz and his wife Tigridia, and was used by Salazar to identify Urraca, wife of Count
Sancho Garces of Castile.

F. He is not the same as # 66.

Sources:

Cadenas Allende, Francisco de, Conde de Gaviria. Los Flaginez: Una Familia Leonesa de Hace Mil Anos. in Estudios Genealogicos, Heraldicos y Nobilarios en Honor de Vicente Cadenas y Vicent. 1:177-211 (1978).

Menendez Pidal, Ramon. Espana de Cid (1969).

Sáez Sánchez, Emilio. Notas al Episcopologio Minduniense del Siglo X. Hispania. 6:3-79 (1946).

Salazar Acha, Jaime de. Una Familia de la Alta Edad Media: los Velas y su Realidad Historica. Estudios Genealogicos y Heraldicos. 1:19-60 (1985).

Vajay, Szabolcs de. Structures de Prouvoir et Reseaux de Familles du VIIIe au XIIe Siecles. Genealogica & Heraldica: Actas de 17o Congresso das Ciencias Genealogica e Heraldica. 275-315 (1986).

Possible ancestry of Christina:

7. Christina Alfonso [Sanchez, Schwennicke]
14.Alfonso Ordoñez d. 1057 [Sanchez,Schwennicke]
15.Fronilde [Sanchez, Schwennicke]
28.Ordoño Ramirez d. c. 1020 [Sanchez, Schwennicke]
29.Christina Vermudez [Sanchez, Schwennicke]
56.Ramiro III Sanchez, King of Leon, m. 979 d. 985 [Schwennicke]
57.Sancha Gomez d. 983 (Note G)[Schwennicke]
58.Vermudo II Ordoñez, King of Leon [Sanchez, Schwennicke](see Teresa AT# 20)
59.Velasquita Ramirez fl. 1024 [Sanchez, Schwennicke]

112.Sancho I Ramirez, King of Leon b. 933 d.966 m. 960 [Schwennicke]
113.Teresa Ansurez fl. 997 [Schwennicke]
114.Gomez Diaz, Count of Saldana (see Teresa AT # 38) [Schwennicke]
115.Muniadona Fernandez (see Teresa AT # 39) [Schwennicke]
118.Ramiro Menendez [Garcia]
119.Adosinds Gutierrez [Garcia]
224.Ramiro II Ordoñez (see Teresa AT # 80) [Schwennicke]
225.Urraca Sanchez m. c. 932 d. 956 [Schwennicke]
226.Ansur Fernandez (see Teresa AT # 200) [Schwennicke]
227.Gontroda Nuñez (see Teresa AT # 201) [Schwennicke]
236.Hermengildo Gonzalez (see Teresa AT # 88) [Garcia]
237.Muniadona Diaz (see Teresa AT #89) [Garcia]
238.Gutier Menendez (see Teresa AT # 166) [Garcia]
239.Ilduara Eriz (see Teresa AT # 167) [Garcia]
250.Sancho I Garces, King of Navarre (see Teresa AT # 128) [Schwennicke]
251.Toda Aznarez (see Teresa AT # 129) [Schwennicke]

G. This identification is not followed by Salazar.

Sources:

Garcia Alvarez, Manuel Rubén. Jimena Diaz y Adosinda Gutierrez. Bracara Augusta. 32:174-6 (1978).

Salazar Acha, Jaime de. El Conde Fernando Pelaez, un Rebelde Leones del Siglo XI. Anuario de los Estudios Medievales. 19:87-97 (1989).

Sanchez Candiera, Alfonso. La Reina Velasquita de Leon y su Descendencia. Hispania. 10:449-505 (1950).

Schwennicke, Detlev. Europaische Stammtafeln. (1984+)

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  Noted events in her life were:

• Dates & Events. ¹⁸²
Jimena Día attempted to retain control of Valencia after her husband's death but finally evacuated the city Apr/May 1102.

She married don Rodrígo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid Campeador", son of Diego Laínez & Teresa Rodríguez, the alférez of Sancho II King of Castile 1066 and, lord and independent ruler of Valencia 1094-1099.

Jimena married Rodrígo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid," conde de Valencia, son of Diego Láinez de Vivar and Teresa Rodríguez, on 14 Jul 1074.²⁵⁸ (Rodrígo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid," conde de Valencia was born in 1043-1045 in Vivar, Burgos, Castile-León, España, Iberia,¹⁸² died on 10 Jul 1099 in Valencia, España ^182,217 and was buried in Castilla, España, Iberia.)