Diego Muñoz de Saldana

- Abt 951

• Name	Diego Muñoz de Saldana  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 951  [3]
  Person ID	I4788	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Family	Tigridia
  Children	+ 1. Gomez Diaz   d. Abt 987 + 2. Elvira Diaz + 3. Fernando Diaz
  Family ID	F3065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2017

  
  

• Notes

  First count of Saldaña. From Spanish-language Wikipedia (translated by Google, cleaned up by PNH): Diego Muñoz, in Latin Didacus Munnioz, magnate of Palencia, original member of the Banu Gómez family, was the first count of Saldaña. He was one of the most important figures of the Kingdom of Leon in the first half of the tenth century. He managed to consolidate family power thanks to an intelligent marriage policy, to distance himself from and yet stay in accord with the monarch Ramiro I, and to establish a power base for his family, the Banu Gómez, who according to the Arab historian Ibn Khaldun: "reigned in the country which extends between Zamora and Castile." It can be said that Diego Muñoz achieved almost the same goals as the powerful Count of Castile, Fernán González. [...]

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler. [S1458] Todd A. Farmerie, 28 Feb 2017, post to soc.genealogy.medieval. [S846] Spanish-language Wikipedia.