Alvito Nunes | |
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Count of Portugal | |
Tenure | 1008–1015 |
Predecessor | Menendo González |
Successor | Nuno Alvites |
Died | 1015 |
Spouse(s) | Gontina |
Issue | Nuno Alvites, Segeredo Alvites, Pedro Alvites, Loba Alvites |
Father | Nuno Alvites |
Alvito Nunes or Aloyto Núñez[a] (died 1015) was an 11th-century Count of Portugal. Following the death of Menendo González in 1008, he governed the county jointly with Toda, count Menendo's widow.[1]
Alvito Nunes was killed by Vikings during a bloody assault on Vermoim Castle, located around Vila Nova de Famalicão.
He is believed to be descended from the first family Portuguese counts, that of Vímara Peres, through one Nuno Alvites (or Aloytez), probable grandson of Lucídio Vimaranes.[2] He was followed in the county by his son Nuno Alvites who died in 1028.[1]
He married Gontina[3][b] with whom he had at least four children: