Vela Ovéquiz or Ovéquez (died after June 1085) was a count in the Kingdom of Galicia during the reigns of García II (1065–71) and Alfonso VI (1071–1109).
He and his family owned properties around Lugo, which controlled the entrance to Galicia from western Asturias, where he was also a landholder.
[2] On 28 February 1068, during the reign of García, Count Vela witnessed a royal charter issued to the monastery of San Antolín de Toques on the occasion of the consecration of Bishop Gudesteus of Iria Flavia.
[3] In the fall of 1071, after Alfonso VI had conquered the kingdom, Vela and his brothers Rodrigo and Bermudo attended his court and appear as counts and witnesses in several charters of the new king of Galicia.
The forces of the Ovéquiz family seized the fortress of Lugo—with whose bishop they had long been in conflict[6]—and killed the royal merino who was defending the town.