Munio Vélaz or VigÃÂlaz (died before 931) was the Count of ÃÂlava and probably also of Biscay. The exact dates of his countship are unknown. Only one document, dated 18 May 919 in the cartularies of Valpuesta, names Munio as count in ÃÂlava. He ruled between counts Gonzalo Téllez (last seen as count in 913) and Fernando DÃÂaz (first seen in 923). The counts of ÃÂlava are described variously in contemporary documents as ruling "in" ÃÂlava, Lantarón or Cerezo. The next count after Munio described as ruling ÃÂlava proper is ÃÂlvaro Herraméliz in 929. They governed the eastern borderlands of the kingdom of León on behalf of the crown.
Munio's patronymic surname, Vélaz or VigÃÂlaz, indicates that his father was named Vela, but no genealogical information about Munio has survived. Geography, chronology and onomastics suggest that he may have been a son of Vela Jiménez, who was the count of ÃÂlava during the battles of Cellorigo in 882âÂÂ83.
The document of 18 May 919 shows Munio presiding over a lawsuit between the monastery of Valpuesta (now lost, but possibly located in ÃÂlava) and the church of Santa MarÃÂa del Puerto in Santoña. The dispute centred around some property in Espejo in ValdegovÃÂa in ÃÂlava. The dating clause of the charter indicates places it during the reign of "lord Ordoño in León and count Munio Vélaz in ÃÂlava". This document has been used to argue that not only Espejo, but Valpuesta itself, along with the castle of Lantarón and the valleys of Losa, Mena and Tobalina, belonged to Munio's county, if not also Cellorigo, Grañón and Cerezo.
The Códice de Roda, a document from the neighbouring kingdom of Pamplona, states that "Lady Velasquita [daughter of King Sancho I of Pamplona<nowiki>]</nowiki> was the wife of the Biscayne count, Lord Munio, and [by him] she had children [named] Aznar Muñoz, Lope Muñoz, Sancho Muñoz and [like her] Lady Velasquita." Velasquita's sister, Sancha, married ÃÂlvaro Herraméliz. It is very likely that this Munio (or Momo) who was count of Biscay is the same person as the count of ÃÂlava. Munio Vélaz died before 931, probably shortly after his only appearance in 919. His wife, Velasquita Sánchez, outlived him. She contracted a second marriage with Galindo, son of Count Bernard I of Ribagorza, and a third with Fortún GalÃÂndez. There is no record of her and Munio's children outside of the Genealogies.