Gonzalo Menéndez
Gonzalo Menéndez | |
|---|---|
| Magnus Dux Portucalensium | |
| Count of Portucale | |
| Tenure | c. 950-997 |
| Predecessor | Hermenegildo González and Mumadona Dias |
| Successor | Menendo González |
| Issue | Menendo González |
| Father | Hermenegildo González |
| Mother | Mumadona Dias |
Gonzalo Menéndez (or Gonçalo Mendes) (fl. 950–997) was a Count of Portugal in the Kingdom of León. He regularly carries the title count (comes), the highest in the kingdom, in surviving documents. He may have used the title magnus dux portucalensium ("great duke of the Portuguese"). His name in contemporary records is usually spelled Gundisaluus Menendiz.
Gonzalo was a son of count Hermenegildo González and Mumadona Dias, and named for his grandfather, count Gonçalo Betotes. His father was dead by 950, when his widow distributed some of his lands. In the pertinent document Gonzalo is mentioned for the first time (24 July 950).