Fernando Muñoz

Known as “Negro” and “él de Castrosiero”

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: uncertain.

Salazar y Acha suggests that he was the Gonzalo mentioned by Ibn Adhari as ruling in Bricia in 865. Martínez Diez (p. 301) following Urbel, suggests that he was Munio Núñez.

Mother: uncertain.

Argilo is given by Martínez Diez (p. 301).

Spouse: Godina. Married before 1 August 866.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 123), who suggests that she was the daughter of Nuño Muñoz and granddaughter of Munio Núñez and Argilo.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Gonzalo Fernández, count in Burgos, count in Castile, married Muniadomna.

Nuño Fernández, count in Burgos, count in Castile.

Rodrigo Fernández, count.

References

Martínez Diez, Gonzalo. El Condado de Castilla (711-1038): la historia frente a la leyenda. (Macial Pons: 2005).

Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).