Nuño Sánchez

Nuno Sanchez of Roussillon ( Katalan.: Nunó or Nunyo Sanç, French: Nuno Sanche ) (c. 1185, † 1242 ) was Count of Cerdanya and Roussillon.

His father was Sancho, Sancha his mother out of the house Lara. From him he inherited in 1212 the counties of Cerdanya and Roussillon. 1215 his father married him to Peronella, daughter of Bernard IV of Bigorre. The marriage, however, was already in the following year by Pope Honorius III. canceled.

1213 came Nuño at the Battle of Muret too late to save the life of the King Peter II. He and his father then served as regent for Peter's young heir, to this 1223 the year of death of Sancho, was of full age. Nuño served him first on, but later turned off by this. In 1226 he bought the Fenouillèdes and peyrepertuse by the King of France, Louis " the Lion ", which he swore allegiance. 1229 he took part in a campaign against the Moors occupied by Mallorca. This probably represents his return his loyalty to Aragon, as the conquest of Mallorca was a long -cherished goal of the Crown of Aragon by the Almoravids. 1234 Mallorca finally fell and Nuño received many lands. Nuño accompanied James I continue on his military expeditions in Navarra and Valencia.

In 1220 he married Teresa López, daughter of Lupus III. , Lord of Biscay. Since she had no children, were his lands and title at his death to the king. He was buried in the hospital of Bajoles, near Perpignan. He left an illegitimate son, the " bastard of Roussillon ," the 1284 city Elne the Aragonese Crusade defended.

• Graf ( Cerdanya )
• Graf ( Roussillon )
• House Barcelona
• Born in the 12th century
• Died in 1242
• Man