_Gundemaro ____________________
_Piniola Gundemariz C in Asturias_|_______________________________
_Gondemaro of the Asturias_|
| | _Vela Nunez ___________________
| |_Jimena Velaz ____________________|_Todile _______________________
_Fernando Gundemariz _|
| | _______________________________
| | __________________________________|_______________________________
| |_Muniadomna _______________|
| | _______________________________
| |__________________________________|_______________________________
_Diego Fernandez C of Ovideo_|
| | _Gonzalo Menendez C of Galicia_
| | _Ramiro Gonzales _________________|_Ilduara of Galicia____________
| | _Ordono Ramirez ___________|
| | | | _______________________________
| | | |__________________________________|_______________________________
| |_Muniadomna Ordonez __|
| | _______________________________
| | __________________________________|_______________________________
| |___________________________|
| | _______________________________
| |__________________________________|_______________________________
|
|--Jimena of Ovideo
|
| _Sancho I Ramirez K of Leon____
| _Ramiro III Sanchez K of Leon_____|_Teresa Ansurez _______________
| _Ordono Ramirez ___________|
| | | _Gomez Diaz C of Saldana_______
| | |_Sancha Gomez of Saldana__________|_Muniadona of Castile__________
| _Alfonso Ordonez _____|
| | | _Ordono III K of Leon__________
| | | _Vermudo II K of Leon_____________|_Urraca Fernandez _____________
| | |_Christina Vermudez _______|
| | | _Ramiro Menendez ______________
| | |_Velasquita Ramirez ______________|_Adosinda Gutierrez ___________
|_Christina Alfonso __________|
| _______________________________
| __________________________________|_______________________________
| ___________________________|
| | | _______________________________
| | |__________________________________|_______________________________
|_UNKNOWN _____________|
| _______________________________
| __________________________________|_______________________________
|___________________________|
| _______________________________
|__________________________________|_______________________________
Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (179:31) & (180:30).
On 15 Apr 1998, Todd Farmerie posted the ancestry of CHRISTINA
RODRIGUEZ (RIN 2427) based on the latest research. This generation is
confirmed in that posting. He comments:
. Traditional sources call the Cid's wife, Jimena Diaz, the daughter of
Jimena Alfonso, dau. Alfonso V. This is clearly incorrect since
Jimena's brothers specifically call their mother Christina. In near
contemporary documents, Jimena Diaz is called "neptis" of Sancho II (and
Alfonso VI). In order to preserve a relationship, Menendez Pidal instead
makes Jimena Alfonso the wife of Fernando Gundemariz, the grandfather
of Jimena Diaz, Cid's wife, citing the tradition of a relationship, as well
as nomenlcature. I have been unable to find any contemporary source
which names a husband for Jimena Alfonso, nor recor of a Jimena, wife
of Fernando Gundemariz. Saez discusses a document which names the
wife of Fernando G, Muniadona Ordonez. Based on the sources I have
available, I am forced to reject this placement of Jimena Alfonso. A
descent is still possible, however. The parents of Christina are unknown
(Menendez Pidal makes her daughter of Fernando Gundemariz, but only
because Jimena Diaz was his granddaughter, and there were two other
incorrect parentages assigned to Diego. Salazar argues convincingly that
Diego was Fernando's son). Who then were Christina's parents? Her
name is an unusual one in the area, and immediately reminds one of
Christina Vermudez, only child of Vermudo II by his first wife,
Velasquita Ramirez (and hence half-aunt of Jimena Alfonso). I think it
not unlikely that Christina, mother of Jimena Diaz, was descended from
Vermudo II, explaining the near-contemporary tradition of a royal
relationship. (There is an identifiable Christina who is contemporary
with, and perhaps identical to the wife of Diego Fernandez. She was
grandaughter of the Infanta Christina Vermudez, and was named
Christina Alfonso, perhaps leading to confusion with her cousin Jimena
Alfonso. While I have no direct evidence for the relationship, she is the
only contemporary Christina I have found. I have provided her pedigree
below.)