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Sisnando (or Sesnando)
Davides (also Davídez, Davídiz, or Davidiz, and
sometimes just David; died 25
August 1091) was a
Mozarab nobleman and
military leader...
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Sisnando Menéndez was a
bishop of Iria
Flavia in Galicia,
known as
Sisnando II, from 952–968. He
appears to have been
killed in a
Viking raid. He was...
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married Sisnando Davides, the
parents of
Elvira Sisnandes whose husband,
Count Martim Moniz, son of
Munio Fromarigues,
succeeded Sisnando as the governor...
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Gonzalo Counts of Coimbra,
second creation Sisnando Davides (1064/1075–1091) Martín Muñoz (1091–1093), son-in-law of
Sisnando Portugal in the Reconquista...
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established himself on
Galician soil and held out for a year and a half:
Bishop Sisnando of
Compostela died
fighting him, and his
successor St
Rudesind carried...
- Tambo, Arosa, Cies and Framio, was
confirmed by Ordoño to the
Bishop Sisnando. In 1120 the
island had
already been
invaded by
Saracen ships who took...
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Belligerents Kingdom of
Galicia Kingdom of
Norway Commanders and
leaders Sisnando Menéndez †
Gunrod Strength Unknown 8,000
warriors 100
ships Casualties...
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chose Coimbra as capital. The
first Count of Coimbra, the
Mozarab Sisnando Davides, is
buried in the cathedral.
Coimbra (the
Roman city of Aeminium)...
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pillage Iria, but the
Vikings are met at
Fornelos by the
armies of
Bishop Sisnando Menéndez, who is
killed in the battle.
After three years devastating and...
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receiving tribute and in this same year the
mozarabic lord of Tentúgal, Dom
Sisnando Davides proposed to
Emperor Ferdinand the
capture of
nearby Coimbra. Dom...
