Nuno Mendes (count)

Nuno Mendes
Count of Portugal
Tenure1050–1071
PredecessorMendo Nunes
Died1071
Spouse(s)Goncina
IssueLoba "Aurevelido" Nunes
FatherMendo Nunes
Iberian Peninsula in 1065 showing the County of Portugal

Nuno Mendes or Nuño Menéndez (died February 1071) was the last count of Portugal from the family of Vímara Peres. The son of Count Mendo Nunes (Menendo Núñez), his desires for greater autonomy for Portugal led him to face King Garcia II of Galicia.[1]