Alphonso reigned 739-57 as the first regular ruler of the nascent kingdon of Asturias. He is son of Pedro, Duke of Cantabria, a Christian leader. Alphonso's marriage with Ermesinda united Cantabria and Asturias under his rule when Fafila, Ermesinda's brother, was killed by a bear in 739. Alphonso began the first counteroffensive against the Muslims - while they were engaged in a civil war between Arabs and Berbers after 740, and during the great famine of 748-753.
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From: Bryant Smith [skip1@ix.netcom.com] 11 Oct 1998: "I decided your tree was most probably mostly correct in a long morning of study. Here's why:
"I. Tompsett's Directory [etc.] is wrong in at least two regards, at least if my Encyclopedia Britannica is right. It sets forth two key facts: A. Aurelio was a "brother or cousin" of Fruela son of Alfonso I. Tompsett satisfies this requirement by making Aurelio the son of Fruela of Cantabria (son of Pedro), and Pedro the father of Alfonso I; hence making Pedro the grandfather of both Aurelio and Fruela of Asturias. However, B. Silon was a brother-in-law of Aurelio. Tompsett's own database shows that Silon m. Adosinda, dau of Alfonso I. So (unless Silon had a sister who m. Aurelio, of which there is no indication) Aurelio must be a brother of Adosinda, and therefore a son of Alfonso I not of Fruela of Cantabria.
"II. I think however that your identification of "Vimaranus" as the wife of Aurelius is mistaken. E.B. sheds no light on the issue, but Tompsett's database shows a Vimerano son of Alfonso I. I suggest that "Vimeranus" (the gender of the word is wrong for a daughter) was brother not wife of Aurelius. It doesn't make a difference genealogically, but it adds interest to the mystery of the mediaeval murders.
"III. Fruela of Asturias died 768, "murdered by his brother" [E.B.]: Which brother? Vimarano died in 767, "murdered" [Tompsett]: By whom? Were both Fruela and Vimarano murdered, or does Tompsett have it wrong? If Tompsett is right and Vimarano was Fruela's brother, and if my logic above is sound and Aurelio was also Fruela's brother, and Fruela and Vimarano were both murdered, then the brother who murdered Fruela was either Vimarano or Aurelio (unless there are missing brothers! {e.g. Bermundo?}); and if Vimarano was murdered after Fruela, the murderer of Vimarano may well have been Aurelio. E.B. does not mention Vimarano, nor does it identify any brother of Fruela except possibly Aurelio [as "brother or cousin"]. I infer that if Aurelio had murdered Fruela then E.B. (a) would not be in doubt over Aurelio's relationship to Fruela and (b) would have named Aurelio as Fruela's murderer. Ergo, I infer that the murderer-brother of Fruela was Vimarano.
"IV. Was Aurelio the father of Bermundo I? Very interesting in this regard is your note on Aurelius, citing Lomax indicating Aurelio was brother rather than father of Bermudo and leaving open whether their father was Fruela son of Pedro, or Alfonso {son of Pedro}. Tompsett does make them brothers, but sons of Fruela son of Pedro. But Tompsett is wrong, at least as to Aurelio (vide supra), as to their paternity. So Lomax' position boils down to this, that Bermudo was either a son, or a grandson, of Alfonso I. E.B. supports this vagueness by referring to Bermudo as a "descendant of Alphonso I." And the available dates leave sufficient room for doubt, but I see no good reason for giving Aurelio another brother and muddying the murder mystery!
"V. Your note on Alphonso I refers to the Fafila who was killed by a bear as Ermesinda's brother but E.B. says he was Pelayo's brother (Ermesinda's uncle). BTW your database does not include him in either position!"
>>AEM notes: The database has been revised since this message was received. Also see the genealogical chart for this family at (1/99):
http://homepage.esoterica.pt/~edvasc/medieval/gen5.html and the ancestral chart at http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/ancient/il/iberia01.htm.
_Fernando IV, King of CASTILE _____________+
| (1285 - 1312) m 1301
_Alfonso XI, King of CASTILE _________|_Constantia of PORTUGAL ___________________
| (1311 - 1350) (1290 - 1313)
_Henry II, King of Castile And LéON __________|
| (1334 - 1379) m 1350 |
| | ___________________________________________
| | |
| |_Leonor DE GUZMAN ____________________|___________________________________________
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_John I, King of Castile and LéON _|
| (1358 - 1390) m 1375 |
| | _Juan MANUEL ______________________________+
| | | (1234 - 1383)
| | _Juan MANUEL _________________________|___________________________________________
| | | (1282 - 1348)
| |_Juana MANUEL _________________________________|
| (1339 - 1381) m 1350 |
| | _Fernando de la CERDA _____________________+
| | | (1275 - 1322)
| |_Blanca de La Cerda y LARA ___________|_Juana Núñez DE LARA ____________________
| (.... - 1347) (1286 - 1351)
_Henry III, King of Castile and LéON _|
| (1379 - 1406) |
| | _Jaume II, King of Aragon And SICILY ______+
| | | (1261 - 1327) m 1295
| | _Alfonso IV "The Benign" of ARAGóN __|_Blanche of ANJOU _________________________
| | | (.... - 1336) (1280 - 1310)
| | _Pedro (Peter) IV "The Ceremonius" of ARAGóN _|
| | | (1319 - 1387) m 1349 |
| | | | ___________________________________________
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| | | |_Teresa D'ENTENçA ___________________|___________________________________________
| | | (1300 - 1327)
| |_Eleanor of ARAGON _________________|
| (1358 - 1382) m 1375 |
| | _Frederick, King of SICILY ________________+
| | | (1272 - 1337)
| | _Peter II of SICILY __________________|_Leonora of NAPLES ________________________
| | | (1305 - 1342) m 1322 (1289 - 1341)
| |_Eleanor of SICILY ____________________________|
| (1325 - 1375) m 1349 |
| | ___________________________________________
| | |
| |_Elisabeth of CARINTHIA ______________|___________________________________________
| (1298 - ....) m 1322
|
|--John II, King of CASTILE
| (1405 - 1454)
| _Edward I ("Longshanks"), King of ENGLAND _+
| | (1239 - 1307) m 1254
| _Edward II, King of ENGLAND __________|_Eleanor of CASTILE _______________________
| | (1284 - ....) m 1308 (.... - 1290)
| _Edward III, King of ENGLAND __________________|
| | (1312 - 1377) m 1328 |
| | | _Philip IV "The Fair", King of FRANCE _____+
| | | | (1268 - 1314) m 1284
| | |_Isabella "The Fair" of FRANCE _______|_Jeanne (or Joanna), Queen of NAVARRE _____
| | (1292 - 1358) m 1308 (1272 - 1305)
| _John of GAUNT _____________________|
| | (1340 - 1399) m 1370 |
| | | _John II of AVESNES _______________________+
| | | | (1248 - 1304) m 1270
| | | _William III ("the Good") of AVESNES _|_Philippa of LUXEMBOURG ___________________
| | | | (1286 - 1337) m 1305 (1252 - 1311)
| | |_Philippa of HAINAUT __________________________|
| | (.... - 1369) m 1328 |
| | | _Charles, Count of VALOIS _________________+
| | | | (1270 - 1325) m 1290
| | |_Joanna (or Jane) of VALOIS __________|_Margaret of NAPLES _______________________
| | (.... - 1342) m 1305 (1273 - 1299)
|_Catherine of LANCASTER _______________|
(1373 - 1418) |
| _Fernando IV, King of CASTILE _____________+
| | (1285 - 1312) m 1301
| _Alfonso XI, King of CASTILE _________|_Constantia of PORTUGAL ___________________
| | (1311 - 1350) (1290 - 1313)
| _Pedro I "The Cruel", King of CASTILE _________|
| | (1334 - 1369) |
| | | _Alfonso IV, King of PORTUGAL _____________+
| | | | (1291 - 1357)
| | |_Maria of PORTUGAL ___________________|_Beatrice of CASTILE ______________________
| |
|_Constance of Castile & LéON ______|
(1354 - 1394) m 1370 |
| ___________________________________________
| |
| ______________________________________|___________________________________________
| |
|_______________________________________________|
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| ___________________________________________
| |
|______________________________________|___________________________________________
_David STONE ________+
| (1622 - 1704)
_Daniel STONE _______|_Elizabeth TODD _____
| (1643 - 1713) m 1670 (1622 - 1650)
_Jonathan STONE _____|
| (1673 - 1742) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Patience GOODWIN ___|_____________________
| (1653 - 1716) m 1670
_Skinner STONE ______|
| (1710 - 1764) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Sarah SKINNER ______|
| (.... - 1762) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
_Gabriel STONE _________|
| (1749 - 1813) m 1781 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|
| | | |
| | | | _____________________
| | | | |
| | | |_____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Judith MEADS _______|
| (1717 - ....) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--William STONE
| (1798 - 1878)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
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| | | _____________________
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| | |_____________________|_____________________
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| _____________________|
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| | | _____________________
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| | | _____________________|_____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Mary ("Molly") BOSTON _|
(.... - 1813) m 1781 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
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|_____________________|
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| _____________________
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| _____________________|_____________________
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|_____________________|
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| _____________________
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|_____________________|_____________________
[28738] Roma is daughter of the late David R. Zimmerman and Beulah T. Kline. Her obituary in The Daily Item 2 Sept 2008 states "Roma attended Paxtonville School and Middleburg High School. She retired in 1986 from Middleburg Sportswear after 40 years of working in area garment factories. Roma was a member of Zion United Methodist Church, Middleburg. She was a great homemaker and a wonderful cook and baker. She made the best homemade candy. She enjoyed doing crafts and traveling. Roma's family was everything to her. She loved people and was always giving. She served as a caregiver for her husband and mother for many years. Surviving are six daughters and three sons-in-law, Lena and George Weigel, Margaret Steimling, Sara Harner and Bonnie and Greg Kuhns, all of Middleburg, and Patricia Troutman and Edna and Frank DeFranco, all of Selinsgrove; three sons and daughters-in-law, Richard and Inez Gross of Middleburg, William and Shirley Gross of Allentown and Robert and Terry Gross of Richfield; 100 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Jean Krakowski of Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg; and four sisters-in-law, Helen Zimmerman of Harrisburg, Lucille and Joann Zimmerman, both of Paxtonville, and Helen Zimmerman of Delaware. Preceding her in death, in addition to her husband, were four sons-in-law; three grandchildren; one sister, Edna Brenizer; and five brothers, Raymond, Jack, Bob, David and Bud Zimmerman."