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    Vímara Peres (died in Galicia, 873) was a ninth-century nobleman who served as the first Count of Portugal. His father, Pedro Theon [pt] (d. after 867)...
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    is traditionally dated from the reconquest of Portus Cale (Porto) by Vímara Peres in 868. He was named a count and given control of the frontier region...
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    Portugal, established in the 9th century as part of the Reconquista, by Vímara Peres, a vassal of the King of Asturias. The county became part of the Kingdom...
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    knight Vímara Peres on the orders of King Alfonso III of Asturias. Finding many towns deserted, he decided to repopulate and rebuild them. Vímara Peres elevated...
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  • footballer Waldir Peres (1951–2017), Brazilian footballer Vimara Peres (died 873), Galician medieval count and first Count of Portucale Peres (Portuguese footballer)...
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    guidance of Vímara Peres. In the same year, São Miguel do Paraíso, in Guimarães, was taken over by Lucídio Vimaranes, son of Vimara Peres. Still in 870...
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    Alfonso I of Asturias in 741, and thus Porto became a border settlement. Vímara Peres, a Galician count from Gallaecia, and a vassal of the King of Asturias...
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    called Vimaranes. This name might have had its origin in the warrior Vímara Peres, who chose this area as the main government seat for the County of Portugal...
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  • Rodulf Haraldsson, Viking leader Shinshō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 797) Vímara Peres, Asturian nobleman Wei Baoheng, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty McKitterick...
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  • those under Nuno II Mendes, the last count of Portugal of the House of Vímara Peres. Nuno Mendes died in the battle, and Garcia II declared himself King...
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  • (died February 1071) was the last count of Portugal from the family of Vímara Peres. The son of Count Mendo Nunes (Menendo Núñez), his desires for greater...
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  • 859 – Ordoño I of Asturias defeats Musa ibn Musa at Albelda. 868 – Vímara Peres captures Porto and establishes the County of Portugal. 872 – Count Odoario...
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    side, the lower deck connects the Cais da Ribeira and the upper Avenida Vímara Peres, while the bank of Vila Nova de Gaia to the Avenida Diogo Leite and Avenida...
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  • under the Moorish invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 711. In 868, Vímara Peres, a Christian warlord from Gallaecia and a vassal of the King of Asturias...
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    is established around the town of Portus Cale (present-day Porto) by Vímara Peres, an Asturian nobleman, after the reconquest from the Moors of the region...
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  • that based on his uncommon patronymic, he was most probably the son of Vímara Peres. Upon the death of his father, King Alfonso III of Asturias entrusted...
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  • of Portugal, established in 868 within the Kingdom of Asturias. The Vímara Peres, the local counts' dynasty, was suppressed in 1071, but twenty-two years...
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  • 1017 – 1028), was a count of Portugal, a descendant of the first count, Vímara Peres as the son of Count Alvito Nunes and Gontina. His presence is recorded...
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    distinctive entity, at least since the reconquest of Porto in 868 by Vímara Peres, the founder of the First County of Portugal. By the same token, Christianity...
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    Theon Ramiro I King of Asturias 842-850 kinsmen Bernardo del Carpio Vímara Peres Count of Portugal 868-873 Ordoño I King of Asturias 850-866 Fruela usurper...
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  • Núñez; (1020/1028 – 1050/1054) was a Count of Portugal from the family of Vímara Peres as the son of Nuno Alvites and Ilduara Mendes. Mendo succeeded his father...
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    small minor county based in the area of Portus Cale was established by Vímara Peres on the orders of King Alfonso III of León, Galicia and Asturias. After...
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  • Gomes de Soutomaior (1417–1490), aristocrat in the kingdom of Galicia Vímara Peres (820–873), first ruler of the County of Portugal Nadia Calviño Fidel...
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    already started to fade when the title of count was given to the nobleman Vímara Peres by Alfonso III of Asturias after his successful campaign in the reconquest...
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    called Ilhar Mourisco.” After the reconquest of Portus Cale (Porto) by Vímara Peres in 868, he was named a count and given control of the frontier region...
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  • Oppida · Turodi Urraca of Portugal Vandals · Via Verde · Verde wine · Vímara Peres · Viriathus · Visa requirements for Portuguese citizens · Visigoths Water...
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  • believed to be descended from the first family Portuguese counts, that of Vímara Peres, through one Nuno Alvites (or Aloytez), probable grandson of Lucídio...
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  • Year Date Event 868 Vímara Peres was created count of Portugal by Alfonso III of Asturias, king of Asturias, after conquering from the Emirate of Córdoba...
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  • Gomes da Costa Guerra Junqueiro (Porto) – Guerra Junqueiro Guimarães – Vímara Peres Lisbon (Latin, Olisipo, Olisipo Felicitas Iulia, Felicitas Julia Olissipo...
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  • may be related to the Conii people. Guimarães (1095–1139): Named after Vímara Peres (Vimaranis, later Guimaranis).  Qatar: Doha: From Arabic الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa...
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