Moninho Viegas, o Gasco
Moninho Viegas | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Ribadouro | |
| Tenure | ?-1022 |
| Successor | Egas Moniz I de Ribadouro |
| Full name | Monio Viegas de Ribadouro |
| Other names | Monio Viegas, o Gasco |
| Born | c. 950 |
| Died | 1022 Vila Boa do Bispo, Marco de Canaveses, Porto, Portugal |
| Buried | Mosteiro de Vila Boa do Bispo, Vila Boa do Bispo, Marco de Canaveses, Porto, Portugal |
| Noble family | House of Ribadouro |
| Issue | Egas Moniz I de Ribadouro Garcia Moniz, o Gasco |
| Father | Egas (Moniz?) |
Moninho Viegas, called the Gascon (o Gasco) or Monio (sometimes spelled Munio) Viegas (c. 950–1022, Vila Boa do Bispo) was a Portuguese nobleman of the 10th and 11th centuries. This Gascon was one of the first, with the help of his brothers, to fight the Moors of Almanzor in Portugal, taking part in the reconquest of western Ribadouro. Moninho Viegas was the founder of Monastery of Villa-Boas.