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County of Saldaña

900 CE – 1030 CE (approx.) · capital Saldaña

The lordship of the Banu Gómez family on the upper Carrión, powerful nobles of León who sometimes allied with Almanzor.

Origins

In the late 9th and early 10th centuries the Leonese kings granted the lands of Saldaña, Carrión and Liébana on the upper Carrión river to Count Diego Muñoz, founder of the family later called the Banu Gómez in Arabic sources. The county was part of the resettlement of the Douro plain.

Rule and society

The counts were among the most powerful nobles of the Kingdom of León, ruling large estates and castles and often rebelling against the crown. Count García Gómez allied with Almanzor and took part in his campaigns in the 990s. The county's towns, Saldaña and Carrión, lay on the route that became the Way of St James.

Decline and legacy

After the decline of the Banu Gómez in the early 11th century, the county passed into the domains of the kings of León and Castile. Carrión later belonged to the Ansúrez family, and its counts appear in the legend of El Cid.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

County of SaldañaKingdom of León 910 CE – 1230 CE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). County of Saldaña. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-saldana
MLA
“County of Saldaña.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-saldana. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “County of Saldaña.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-saldana.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘County of Saldaña’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-saldana (Accessed: ).

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