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Sisnando Davides (died 25
August 1091) was a
Mozarab nobleman and
military leader of the Reconquista, born in Tentúgal, near Coimbra. He was a contemporary...
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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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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...
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through marriage,
became the son-in-law of the
famous alvazil Sisnando Davides.
Sisnando appointed him as alvazil, and
after his death, Martín
became the...
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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...
- "Aurevelido" Nunes. Loba
married Sisnando Davides, and with him had
Elvira Sisnandes (whose
husband Count Martim Moniz succeeded Sisnando as
Count of Coimbra). Nuno...
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unique conventual cakes, most
notably the
pastel de Tentúgal.
Sisnando Davides,
Count of Coimbra, was born in Tentúgal in the 11th century. Instituto...
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Counts of Coimbra,
second creation Sisnando Davides (1064/1075 – 1091) Martín Muñoz (1091 – 1093), son-in-law of
Sisnando Portugal in the
Reconquista García...
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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...
