Vela Jiménez
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Vela Jiménez who appears also as Vigila Scemeniz,[1] is documented on two occasions as Count of Álava between 882 and 883 in the Codex Vigilanus,[2][1] compiled in 881 with two large paragraphs added subsequently describing the events that took place in 882 and 883.
There is a previous reference to another count in Álava called Eylo who in 868 led a rebellion that was quashed by King Alfonso III of Asturias and then taken to Oviedo in chains. Nevertheless, the references to Count Vela, the head of this lineage, are much more precise.[2]