Diego Ruíz de Asturias Conde de Oviedo

  Noted events in his life were:

• Reference:
Francisco Piferrer, Nobiliario de los reinos y señorios de España, (revisado por A. Rujula y Busel), pp. 82-83, Castañada Pedigree

Don Fuela II, rey de León, was the father of:

El infante don Ordoño married la infantan doña Cristina, daughter of rey don Bermundo II, and they were the parents of:

El Conde don Alonso Ordóñez married doña Justa in 955, and they founded the monastery of Santa María Liébana. They were the parents of:

Conde don Rodrigo Alonso married doña Gonia, and they were the parents of:

Don Diego Rodríquez, duke of Asturias and count of Oviedo, married doña Xiména Alonso, daughter of King Don Alonso V. They had many children including their son:

Conde don Rodrigo Alonso Duke of Asturias and Count of Oviedo, married doña Elvira Gómez. Their son was:

Conde don Gutierre Rodríguez, señor de Castañeda, flourished at the end of the eleventh century. His first born son was:

El conde don Muño ó Nuño Gutiérrez, second señor de Castañeda, was the father of:
Conde don Gómez Muñoz a.k.a. Nuñez de Castañeda, Lord of the House, served Rey Don Alonso VII valiantly in the wars of the time. He married condesa doña María Frolaz, daughter of don Fruela Ramírez, cone de Astorga, etc. Their first born son was:

Don Diego Gómez Castañada, first born son, flourished in the mid thirteenth century. He married his aunt, doña Major de Asturias and their first born son was:

Don Pedro Díaz de Castañada, fifth lord of Castañeda. He married twice, first to doña Mayor Alonso de Celada, and second to doña Ynés Rodríguez de Villalobos

• Reference:
Luis Vilar y Pascua, "Asturiasl," Diccionario Histórica, Genealógico y Heráldico de Familias Ilustres de la la Monarquia Española, Vol. V, pp. 26-29

Infante don Ordoño is believed to be the son of rey don Fruela II. Ordoño was married to Infanta doña Cristiana, daughter of Rey don Bermudo II, who according to most accounts, was married to Queen Velasquita whose parents were don Ordño el Mal, rey de Oviedo y León and his wife, doña Urraca González, daughter of conde de Castilla, Fernán González. The Bishop of Ovideo, don Pelayo, affirmed that the motherof Infanta doña Cristina, although named Velazquita, was the daughter of Mantelo and Velalla, with whom the Bermundo had an illicit relationship with. The son of don Ordoño and Cristiana (alive in 1037) was:

Don Alonso Ordoñez was already married in the year 955 to doña Justa, and they were the parents of:

Don Rodrígo Alonso, señor de Nava who married doña Gonia ú Onia, and they were the parents of:

Diego Ruiz de Asturias, Earl of Oviedo, Lord of Noreña, Governor and Captain General of Asturias. He married Infanta doña Jimena, daughter of rey don Alonso V and his wife Elvira. The sons of this marriage were don Rodrigo Diaz, don Fruela, don Fernando, don Pedro, don Rubio, and don Bernardo.

Diego married Doña Jimena de León, daughter of Alfonso V "El Noble" Vermúndez Rey de Castilla y León and Elvira Menéndez de Gallicia.