Nuno Mendes (count)

Nuno Mendes (count)

Nuno Mendes or Nuno II (?-1071) was the last Count of Portugal from the family of Vímara Peres. The son of Count Mendo Nunes, his desires for greater autonomy for Portugal led him to face King Garcia II of Galicia and claim the title of King of Portugal in 1070. In the January 18th 1071 he fought in the Battle of Pedroso, near the Monastery of Tibães, and his defeat and death led the winning Garcia II to call himself King of Galicia and Portugal. The County of Portugal was then subsumed into the crowns of Galicia and León until regranted by King Alfonso VI of León and Castile a quarter-century later.

Nuno Mendes (count)
family of Vímara Peres
Born:  ? Died: 18 January 1071
Titles of nobility
Preceded by
Mendo Nunes		 Count of Portugal
1050–1071		 Succeeded by
title extingushed,
Garcia II
ruling as King

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