Diego Fernández Conde de Ovider

  Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Diego Fernández. ⁴⁹⁰
Diego Fernández's first wife was doña Elvira Ovéquiz, daughter of conde don Oveco Sánchez.

His second wife was doña Cristina Fernández, daughter of don Fernando Gundemáriz & his wife Jimena de León. She is referred to as the mother of Jimena Díaz, wife of Rodrigo Díaz "el Cid", by Carriedo.

~ Carriedo, M. 'La ascendencia de doña Jimena Díaz, mujer del Cid', Boletín del Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 113 (1984), pp. 999-1016, 1012, cited in Torres (1999), p. 194.

• Web Reference: Diego Fernâdez de Oviedo from WikiPedia.
Diego Fernández (fl. 1020-c. 1046), also known as Diego Fernández de Oviedo, was a member of one of the most noble lineages of the Kingdom of León as the son of Fernando Flaínez and Elvira Peláez, daughter of count Pelayo Rodríguez. He was the second cousin of King Alfonso V since both shared the same great-grandfather, Count Fernando Bermúdez de Cea. [Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita Cecilia (1999). Linajes nobiliarios de León y Castilla: Siglos IX-XIII (in Spanish). Salamanca: Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de educación y cultura.] Distinguished with the title of Count at an early age, Diego was the father of Jimena Díaz, wife of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar El Cid.

• Pedigree:
Carlos E. Solivérez, Álvar Fáñez, su familia y sus hechos, pp. 25-28

1-Flaín Purcélliz was the father of:

2-Diego Flaínez was the father of:

3-Flaín Díaz, brother-in-law of rey Ramiro II de León and fought in 932 against the rebels wo supported the abdicated rey Alfonso IV. He was the father of:

4- Muñio Flaínez (962-Before 13 Aug 947) married Froiloba Vermúndez, daughter of conde Cea Vermudo Núnez and Argila. Their son was:

5-Conde Flaín Muñoz married to Justa Fernández (who according to Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, was the same woman as Justa Pépiz, but here Justa Pépiz is given as different wife). The son of Flaín Muñoz and his wife Justa is:

6.1-Conde Fernando Flaínez who married Elvira Peláez, daughter of Palyo Rodríguez and Gotina Fernández de Cea. Among their seven children were:

7.1-Conde Flaín Fernández who married Toda Fernández and they were the parents of: 8.1- Fernando Flaínez, alférez del rey Alfonso VI, who fell into disgrade and was expelled from his lands in 1078; and 8.2-Martín Flaínez, señor de Aguilar, was at the battle of Uclés on 29 May 1108. He was married to Sancha Fernández, daughter of conde don Fernando Y Tegridia Gutiérrez.
7.2-Doña Justa Fernádez who married Ansur Díaz, the son of conde Saldaña Diego Fernández and his wife Marina
7.3-Conde Diego Fernández who married Cristina Fernández, daughter of don Fernando Gundemáriz and possibly Jimena de León (daughter of rey Alfonso V de León and Urraca García de Navarra. Diego and Jimena were the parents of: 8-Doña Jimena Díaz who married don Rodrigo (Ruy) Díaz "el Cid Campedor."

Conde Fernando married a second time to Jimena Núnez and their son was:
7.4-Álvar Fáñez who married Mayor Pérez

Diego married Christina Fernández, daughter of Conde Fernando Gundemáriz and Muniadomna Ordóñez.