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Pedro López De Monforte
Pedro López de Monforte ( la, Petrus Lupi; floruit 1103–35) was an Iberian nobleman and castellan, probably originally from the Rioja. He was most active in the Kingdom of León, where he was appointed a count, the highest rank in the kingdom, by Alfonso VII sometime before 1 July 1131.Barton, 281. The identity of his family is unclear. His brothers were Jimeno and Lope López, both majordomos under Queen Urraca. He may have been a son of Lope Íñiguez and thus kinsmen of the house of Haro that held the Lordship of Biscay. The family of Pedro's wife, Sancha Gómez, is also unclear. She is known by name only from a charter of their daughter Countess Urraca, in which the latter granted some lands she had inherited from both parents to the Diocese of Burgos in 1173. A certain "countess Sancha" (''Santia comitissa'') made a donation to the monastery of San Salvador de Oña on 19 December 1135 along with her sister Estefanía and brother Rodrigo Gómez. This may be the widow o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castillo De Saldaña
Castillo (Spanish for "castle") may refer to: People * Castillo (surname) Places Geography Dominican Republic * Castillo, Dominican Republic, a town in Duarte Province, Dominican Republic Nicaragua * El Castillo (municipality), a municipality in the Río San Juan department * El Castillo (village), a village in the Río San Juan department * Montealegre del Castillo, a municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha Spain * Castillo, Álava, a village in the Basque Country * Castillo-Albaráñez, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha * Castillo de Garcimuñoz, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha * Castillo-Nuevo, a town in Navarre Man-made structures * Castillo de Chapultepec, palace on Chapultepec Hill, located in the middle of Chapultepec Park in Mexico City * Castillo de Guzman, castle in Tarifa, Spain * Castillo de Jagua, fortress near Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba * Castillo de San Marcos, old Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida, USA * El Castillo, Chiche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saldaña, Palencia
Saldaña is the principal town of the fertile plains of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain, and may be the town of "Eldana" mentioned by the historian Ptolemy as being conquered by the Roman Empire. The town's connection to the Roman Era is reflected in the beautiful remains of a villa attributed to the emperor Theodosius I. From the 10th to the 11th century, Saldaña was the seat of a family of powerful counts, the Banu Gómez. The medieval counts of Saldaña figure in local history and literature. Anachronistically, they appear in tales related to the exploits of the semi-legendary figure Bernardo del Carpio, while their legendary scions, the ''Infantes de Carrión'', prove rivals of the hero in the ''Cantar de Mio Cid''. It was here in 1149 that Berenguela of Barcelona died. Saldaña is also known for its popular open-air market day held each Tuesday in the town's central plaza. Its old stone-surfaced town square, known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toro, Zamora
Toro is a town and municipality in the province of Zamora, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is located on a fertile high plain, northwest of Madrid at an elevation of . Toro is known as a center of Mudéjar art and as a wine-producing region. It is located on the Duero River roughly halfway between Zamora, the provincial capital and Tordesillas in the province of Valladolid. The four-lane freeway (autovía) A-11 now connects these two cities and passes just north of Toro. Highway N122 passes through the town. The distance to Madrid by highway is . Distances to other cities are: to Zamora, to Valladolid and to Salamanca. History Antiquity Toro is an ancient town, possibly the Arbukala of the Vaccai tribe which was conquered by Hannibal in 220 BC but survived to trouble the Romans. The Roman town was called Albucella. The modern name may derive from the bull totem of that Celtiberian people. In the 8th century it was conquered by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gatón De Campos
Gatón de Campos is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de Estadística (other) * Instituto Nacional de Estatística (other) * Instituto Nacional Elec ...), the municipality has a population of 40 inhabitants. References Municipalities in the Province of Valladolid {{Valladolid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamanca
Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. As of 2018, the municipality has a population of 143,978. It is one of the most important university cities in Spain and supplies 16% of Spain's market for the teaching of the Spanish language. Salamanca attracts thousands of international students. The University of Salamanca, founded in 1218, is the oldest university in Spain and the third oldest western university. Pope Alexander IV gave universal validity to its degrees. With 30,000 students, the university is, together with tourism, a primary source of income in Salamanca. It is on the Vía de la Plata path of the Camino de Santiago. History Remains of a house at the archeological site of the Cerro de San Vicente (c. 800–400 BC), a hamlet assigned to the Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rioseco De Tapia
Rioseco de Tapia is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de Estadística (other) * Instituto Nacional de Estatística (other) * Instituto Nacional Elec ...), the municipality has a population of 504 inhabitants. References Municipalities in the Province of León {{León-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayorga, Spain
Mayorga de Campos is a town and municipality in Valladolid province, Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. Its name comes from the Leonese language, and there are several references to this village in the Middle Ages, in which Mayorga was a place in the Kingdom of León. It was the birthplace of Saint Turibius de Mongrovejo Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo (16 November 1538 – 23 March 1606) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Lima from 1579 until his death. He first studied in the humanities and law before serving as a professo .... External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo González De Lara
Rodrigo González de Lara (''floruit'' 1078–1143) was a Kingdom of Castile, Castilian nobleman of the House of Lara. Early in his career he ruled that half of Asturias allocated to Castile. He was faithful to the crown throughout the reign of Urraca of León and Castile, Queen Urraca (1109–26), during which time he was married to the queen's half-sister and ruled a large part of the old County of Castile. He and his elder brother, Pedro González de Lara, Pedro González, led the opposition to Alfonso VII early in his reign (1126–57). He led a revolt in 1130 and was exiled in 1137. He was a leader in the ''Reconquista''—about which the contemporary ''Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris'' has much to say—and also took part in the Military history of the Crusader states, military activities of the Crusader states on two occasions. He travelled widely throughout Spain, but ended his days in Palestine. Youth under Alfonso VI (1078–1112) Rodrigo was a son of Gonzalo Núñez de La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro González De Lara
Pedro González de Lara (died 16 October 1130) was a Castilian magnate. He served Alfonso VI as a young man, and later became the lover of Alfonso's heiress, Queen Urraca. He may have joined the First Crusade in the following of Raymond IV of Toulouse, earning the nickname ''el Romero'' ("the wanderer, pilgrim"). At the height of his influence he was the most powerful person in the kingdom after the monarch. The preponderance of his power in Castile is attested in numerous documents between 1120 and 1127.Simon Barton, ''The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 280, provides an overview of his career as revealed in the documentary evidence. He opposed the succession of Urraca's legitimate heir, Alfonso VII. This dispute ended with his premature death. It was in Pedro's generation that the use of toponymics, as opposed to just patronymics, began in Spain. Pedro was the first member of his family to use the surname "de La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Lara
The House of Lara (Spanish: ''Casa de Lara'') is a Nobility, noble family from the medieval Kingdom of Castile. Two of its branches, the Duques de Nájera and the Marquesado de Aguilar de Campoo were considered Grandees of Spain. The Lara family gained numerous territories in Kingdom of Castile, Castile, Kingdom of León, León, Andalucía, and Galicia (Spain), Galicia and members of the family moved throughout the former Spanish colonies, establishing branches as far away as the Philippines and Argentina. The House of Lara were most prominent in the history of Castile and León from the 11th to the 14th century. Álvaro Núñez de Lara (died 1218), Álvaro Núñez de Lara served as regent for Henry I of Castile. They were dispossessed of much of their land by Peter of Castile, Peter the Cruel, but most was returned by Henry II of Castile, Henry II. History The family arose in 11th century Castile through a marriage that united the paternal lands around Lara de los Infantes b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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