page_title: Rodrigo Velázquez
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Rodrigo Velázquez / Family
caption_attribution_description: Description Capela de San Miguel do mosteiro de San Salvador de Celanova Date29 May 2007Sourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/191863225/AuthorJose Antonio Gil Martínez. FREECATPermission (Reusing this file) cc-by-2.0 Capela de San Miguel do mosteiro de San Salvador de Celanova
context_page_description: Rodrigo Velázquez was an important magnate of Galicia during the reigns of Ramiro II, Ordoño III, Sancho I, and Ramiro III. He used the title dux, the highest in Galicia at the time, and he even treated diplomatically with the Caliphate of Córdoba. He has been implicated in factional fighting over the succession to the Leonese throne, but the major battle of his career was part of a private aristocratic feud.
context_section_description: Rodrigo was the son of count Velasco Rodríguez (Uelasco Ruderiz) and his wife countess Trudilde (Trudildi). There is a notice in the monastery of Celanova, dated 8 October 950, of the delimitation of the village of Santa María de Verín, which was owned at that time by the widowed Trudilde.
  Rodrigo's first wife was Adosinda Gunterícez, daughter of Gunterico Arianiz and Gontrodo (Gunterota) González. She was the mother of all his (known) children: their daughters Oneca (fl. 978), Trudilde (fl. 963–88), Velasquita (fl 978–97), Muniadomna (fl. 978–99), and Ildonza (fl. 978–1019), and their only son, Pelayo Rodríguez. His second wife was Onega Lucídez (Honega prolis Lucidi), daughter of Lucidio Aloítez and Jimena. They were married by 974, when she is referred to in a charter as coniux Ruderici ducis (wife of duke Rodrigo). In 985 she made a donation to the monastery of Lorvão. Her last known act (9 June 999) was a donation to the monastery of Celanova on behalf of the soul of bone memorie vir meus ... Rudericus Uelasquiz comite ("my man of good memory ... count Rodrigo Velázquez").
caption: The chapel of San Miguel at Celanova dates from 942. The monastery was heavily patronised by Rodrigo and his family.
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