Ferdinand Aznares, in feite Gonzalo Fernandez (..-930) was een zoon van graaf Ferdinand Nunez de Zwarte en van Gutina van Castilië, dochter van graaf Diego.
Hij stichtte in 910 Lara en in 912 Axa en was graaf van Castilië als vazal van de koning van Asturië-León. In oorsprong was Castilië het gebied rond de bronnen van Ebro en Pisuerga. Rond 880 werd Burgos gesticht, dat dienst deed als residentie van de graven van Castilië. Ferdinand erfde van broers en zusters en verwierf hierdoor bijna volledig Castilië.
Gonzalo Fernandez ou também Gonzalo Fernandez de Burgos (morto em Burgos, 915) foi Conde de Castela (c.909 - 915) e de Burgos (c.899 - 915). Em 912 confirmou a Carta Puebla de Brañosera chamando os outorgantes originais, Munio Nunes de Brañosera e Argilo como seus avós.[1]
Nomeado pela primeira vez em 899 como conde de Burgos,[2] pronto fez de Lara a sua base, estendendo o seu governo de Espinosa de los Monteros e Escalada até o rio Arlanza.
Esta localidade vai a ser o ponto de partida da família Lara que poucos anos depois vai a conseguir a criação do condado hereditário de Castela com o seu filho Fernão Gonzalez. Seu iniciador, Gonzalo Fernandez, teve primeiro que fazer face à guarnição muçulmana de Carazo.
Seu nome aparece pela primeira vez, confirmando como Gundissalbo Fernandiz in Uurgus na carta fundacional datada de 1 de marzo de 899 do Mosteiro de São Pedro de Cardeña,{HarvRef|Martinez Diez|2005|p=195, Vol. I}} que será uma das instituições monásticas castelhanas mais influentes com o mosteiro de São Sebastião de Silos (logo Santo Domingo de Silos). Também propiciou a fundação do mosteiro de São Pedro de Arlanza (912).
Em 912 participou na expansão castelhana até o rio Douro repovoando Haza, Clunia e San Esteban de Gormaz.
Gonzalo Fernández aparece conde em Burgos num documento de 1 de agosto de 914 e como conde de Castela a 1 de maio de 915. É provável que depois passasse à corte leonesa, onde figura numa assembleia de magnatas e nobres antes da derrota de Valdejunquera (920). Frei Justo Pérez de Urbel supõe que depois marcaria à corte navarra, onde entre 924 e 930 aparece um Gundisalvus comes, nome pouco frequente nos documentos navarros.
Os seus restos deveram repousar no Mosteiro de São Pedro de Arlanza, segundo narra frei Antônio de Yepes na sua "Crônica geral da Ordem de São Benito".
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Foi filho de Fernando Muñoz, filho de Munio Nuñez de Brañosera, e de Gotinha Diaz. Casou em 910 com Muniadona Nuñez
Gonzalo Fernández was Count of Burgos (ca. 899-915) and of Castile (c. 909-915).
Recorded for the first time in 899 as Count of Burgos, soon the region expanded to the eastern mountain valleys enabling Gonzalo to make his fort base in Lara, thus stretching his rule from the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains around Espinosa de los Monteros to the river Arlanza, which therefore became the border with the neighbouring Muslim territories. In order to stretch his territory this far, he first had to displace the Muslim forces based at the stronghold of Carazo that dominated the area and access. This was achieved after a long and well contested struggle.
The valley of Lara was then the rallying point of the family that - years later - achieved through his son, Fernán González the quasi-independence of Castile, securing the area for five generations with the family until it became a kingdom under Fernando I of Castile of the Jimenez dynasty.
His name appears for the first time in charter of the Monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña (899), one of the most influential monastic houses later in Castile together with the Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos. He was also the founder of the other Monastic House of San Pedro de Arlanza (912).
In 912, he took the main role in the Castilian offensive to the river Duero, settling the old villages of Haza, Clunia and San Esteban de Gormaz.
Gonzalo Fernández appears as Count of Castile for the first time in a document of January 8, 914 and again on January 1, 915. He appears witnessing royal documents among other magnates and nobles at the Leonese Court main Assemblies until the defeat of the Leonese in the battle of Valdejunquera (920), after which he was considered dead. Modern scholars suspect that he must have been in disgrace at Court for some unrecorded mistake or other major offense typically resulting in exile, as somebody with his name and the then seldom given rank of Count - Gundisalvus comes - appears signing royal documents at the Court of Navarre between the years 924 and 930, the year that his son was given the authority of Count alone. Previously, his wife Muniadona, who seems to have been a member of the Asturian royal family, appears holding the patrimony estates and county regency during the minority of their son Fernán González. They also had a son Ramiro.
His remains were laid to rest in a vault at San Pedro de Arlanza, as Friar Antonio de Yepes registers in his "General Chronicle".
Hij is getrouwd met Munidomnia Nunez van Castillië.
Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 910.Bron 1
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