Diego Rodríguez was the son of Rodrigo. [1]
Diego succeeded his father as Conde en Castilla. [1]
Diego Rodríguez was born in the 9th century and died on 31 Jan 885 at Cornuta, County of Castile, Kingdom of Asturias (present day Cornudilla, Burgos, Castilla y León, España). [2] His birth date is not known, although it is reasonable to consider he was born in the County of Castile, Kingdom of Asturias (Condado de Castilla, Reino de Asturias). Considering that he was an active warrior at the time of his death and probably about 30 yrs old, 0850 has been used as his approximate date of birth. He appears in documentation in 0882-0883 as the II Count of Castile, successor of whom is assumed to be his father because of his patronymic, Rodrigo, I Count of Castile. Rodrigo does not appear in documents after 0873, so Diego's ascension may have been a decade earlier. The name of Diego's mother is not known, although one source says she was a castellana, i.e., from Castile. [3]
Diego Rodríguez, Arco de Santa María, Burgos, Spain |
According to the "Nobiliario del Conde de Barcelos", [4] Diego Rodríguez inherited the title from his father, Rodrigo I, Count of Castile, (abt 0825 -abt 0873). Rodrigo may have been the great grandson of Fruela Pérez, (0710-abt 0765) second Duke of Cantabria, through Bermudo I [5] (abt 0745-abt 0797), but this is NOT confirmed.
In 0882-0883 Diego was in charge of the successful defense of the Pancorbo Gorge, along with the Count of Álava, Vígila Jiménez, who defended Cellorigo (at the time Al-Andalus, present day La Rioja), equally successfully. The treaty that ensued in 0883-0884 between Alfonso III, King of Asturias, and Mohammad I, Emir of Córdoba, brought 18 years of peace to Asturias, and therefore to Castile, but did not include the Muladis, members of the Banu Qasi family who were Hispanic Muslims from the Rioja area. Alfonso sent both the Count of Castile and the Count of Álava to harass the Banu Qasi, and in 0884,the King ordered Diego to occupy new lands and build two forts, which he did, founding both Ubierna and Burgos (Briviesca). At the time, there was limited war between the Muladi and the Counts of Álava and Castile. In one incursion, in Cornudilla, Diego was killed, possibly executed, on 31 Jan 0885. [2]
Iberian Peninsula in the year 910 |
He did not leave an heir of age to succeed him, and his son, Gonzalo Díaz, never became Count. This son appears with his wife María in a document from San Pedro de Cardeña dated 03 Feb 0921. [6] The sobriquet Porcelos, associated nowadays with him, is not a true nickname. It was not used during his lifetime, rather it appeared 350 years after his death, when the Bishop Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada (1172-1247) referred to him this way, «Sub isto comes Didacus Porcelli populavit Burgis » "the count Diego Porcelos populated Burgos". [2] [7]
Diego is said to have married Asura Fernández. and had a daughter, Sulla Bella Unknown, who married Nuño Bellídez, (abt 0770-abt 0830) also known as Belchédiz or Belchides. [4] Sulla and Nuño were supposedly the parents of Munio Núñez, probably confused with Nuño Núñez or Nuño Rasura/Rasuella, a legendary Judge (in the mythical sense) in Castile. [8] The son mentioned above, Gonzalo Díaz, [6] is also mentioned in a well-sourced article in Wikipedia, along with two other brothers. No mention is made of Sulla Bella or her mother, Asura Fernández: [9]
"The name of the mother of his children, who were probably very young when he died, is not known. These were:
The conflict in dates for Asura, Sulla Bella and Diego, who have been unlinked since in WikiTree, is discussed in the Research Notes.
Preceded by Rodrigo |
Conde de Castilla 0873-0885 |
Succeeded by Munio Núñez |
Regarding the Name Fields for Diego Rodriguez
Diego appeared in WikiTree originally as Diego Rodríguez Castilla "Porcelos, Rey de Castilla". His nickname was Porcelos, but not in his lifetime, hence it has been removed from the Nickname field, [7] and he was never Rey de Castilla, rather he was the Count of Castile, which has been included in Nicknames. Since he was the second Count, the number "II" was paired with his Preferred Name, "Diego II", but has since been changed back to "Diego". The number is in relation to his title (he was the second Count of Castile), not with his name (he was not the second Diego, he was the first). His Current Last Name is Rodríguez, which was originally included in the Middle Name field. His LNAB "Castilla" has been left as is, assuming that it was included originally as such in line with "Name Fields for European Aristocrats" guidance.
Regarding his wife Asura Fernández and the Ansúrez Family
If Asura was the daughter of Fernán Asur, [10] her grandfather would have been Ansur (or Assur, Asur) Fernández [11] who died in the period 0947-50. He was the first Count of Monzón, probably from before 0939, certainly by 0943, and was Count of Castile in 0943-45 in opposition to the deposed Fernán González. His family was known as the Banu Ansur (Banu Anshur) or Ansúrez (Assuriz). [12]
Nevertheless, this ancestry means that the timelines for her, Diego and their daughter Sulla Bella are incorrect. Her grandfather's death around 0950, indicates she herself probably would have been born in the 10th Century, which is after the death of her husband Diego Rodríguez in 885, i.e. she could not have been his wife and has been unlinked from him in WikiTree, as well as from the three daughters who appear with her. Her dates have been estimated @ 945-1005 (originally 0850-0880, acc WT).
Rodríguez-Fernández family members who have been unlinked from one another in WikiTree:
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