Suero Vermúdez was an Asturian nobleman, territorial governor, and military leader. His career was marked by loyalty to the crown of León-Castile during the reigns of Alfonso VI, Urraca, and Alfonso VII. He never took part in any revolt, but fought in many wars against rebels, against rivals, and against the Moors.
The monastery at Cornellana, which Suero gave first to Cluny (1122) and later to the see of Oviedo (1128), sparking a dispute that outlived him
The region around Sena de Luna, the centre of the comarca of Luna and Suero's most enduring lordship.
Las Médulas in the Bierzo, a region dominated by Suero in the early twelfth century.
Pope Calixtus II himself supported the re-conquest of Sigüenza with the presence of his chaplain, Bonetus, in the crusading army.
Cristina Bermúdez was an infanta of León, daughter of King Bermudo II and his first wife Queen Velasquita Ramírez. On her father's side, her grandparents were Ordoño III and Queen Urraca Fernández, daughter of count Fernán González of Castile. Her grandparents on her mother's side were most probably Count Ramiro Menéndez and his wife Adosinda Gutiérrez, both members of the highest Galaico-Portuguese nobility.
The Monasterio de San Salvador in Cornellana founded by Cristina
Teresa and Sancha Bermúdez, Infanta Cristina's half-sisters.
Monastery of the Holy Savior, Cornellana
