Alfonso Téllez De Meneses
Alfonso Téllez de Meneses may refer to: * Alfonso Téllez de Meneses ''el Viejo'' (the Old), Castilian nobleman, died 1230 * Alfonso Téllez de Meneses ''el Mozo'' (the Young), his son, died 1257 {{hndis ...
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Alfonso Téllez De Meneses El Viejo
Alfonso Téllez de Meneses ( 1161–1230), known as ''el Viejo'' ("the Old"), was a nobleman of Kingdom of Castile, Castile and a participant in the key ''Reconquista'' battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. He was the second Lord of Meneses de Campos, Meneses, Lord of Cea, León, Cea, Grajal de Campos, Grajal, La Puebla de Montalbán, Montalbán, and, through his second wife, first Lord of Alburquerque. Family His father was Tello Pérez de Meneses, a powerful noble in Tierra de Campos and Cea, León, Cea, founder, with his wife Gontrodo, of the Monastery of Santa María de Matallana, and three hospitals for lepers and pilgrims in Cuenca, Spain, Cuenca, Villamartín de Campos, Villamartín, and in San Nicolás del Real Camino. Although mistakenly considered the founders of the Monastery of Santa María de Trianos because of the donation that the couple made in 1185 with the consent of their five children, the monastery had been founded before 1125 the year in which Pope Honorius II issu ...
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