Fernando González de Traba or Fernão Gonçalves (''
fl.'' 1159–1165) was a
Galician magnate and the head of the
House of Traba
The House of Traba (or Trava), sometimes called the Fróilaz-Traba, was a Galician noble family of the high Middle Ages. The family can be traced back to the eleventh century. They are associated with a castle named Traba, probably in the county o ...
in the
Kingdom of León
The Kingdom of León; es, Reino de León; gl, Reino de León; pt, Reino de Leão; la, Regnum Legionense; mwl, Reino de Lhion was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910 when t ...
during the reign of
Ferdinand II. He was the eldest son of
Gonzalo Fernández de Traba
Gonzalo Fernández de Traba (died 1160) was a Galician nobleman and the head of the Traba family. He was the eldest son and successor of Fernando Pérez de Traba by his wife Sancha González.
By 1 August 1150 Gonzalo had married a certain Elvira ...
and Elvira Rodríguez. He was the ''
alférez
In medieval Iberia, an ''alférez'' (, ) or ''alferes'' (, ) was a high-ranking official in the household of a king or magnate. The term is derived from the Arabic ('' al-fāris''), meaning "horseman" or "cavalier", and it was commonly Latinised ...
'' of the realm from April 1159 until at least 31 July 1160. He was recognised as a count (Latin ''comes''), the highest noble rank in the kingdom, by 13 January 1160 in Galicia, but the royal chancery did not so style him until 13 February 1161. He held the ''
tenencia
In medieval and early modern Europe, the term ''tenant-in-chief'' (or ''vassal-in-chief'') denoted a person who held his lands under various forms of feudal land tenure directly from the king or territorial prince to whom he did homage, as op ...
s'' which his father had held:
Aranga (1160–61),
Traba (1160–61),
Monterroso
Monterroso is a municipality in Lugo province in Galicia in north-west Spain.
History
Monterroso was the seat of an important '' tenencia'' in medieval Galicia. Among its known tenants were:
*Suero Vermúdez (''c''.1100)
*Gutierre Vermúdez (1 ...
(1160–63), and
Trastámara (1161–65), even holding all four simultaneously (at least from 2 June to 20 September 1161). He supported with donations the
Cistercian
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...
monasteries of
Sobrado (1162) and
Monfero
Monfero is a municipality in the comarca of Eume in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It has a population of 2,178 inhabitants (INE, 2011).
Main sights
* The "Fragas" of the River Eume N ...
(1163). Fernando signed his last known charter on 26 December 1165. There exists a charter mistakenly dated 6 January 1165 by which his brother,
Gómez González de Traba
Gómez González de Traba (''fl.'' 1164–1209) was a Galician nobleman, a count from 1169, and a wealthy and influential figure in the Kingdom of León. He was the second son of Gonzalo Fernández de Traba and his first wife, Elvira Rodríguez. H ...
, made a donation to
Jubia for the sake of his soul.
[It reads: ''ob remedium anime patris mei et fratris mei iam defuncti comitis Fernandi Gundisaluit'' ("for the remedy of the souls of my father and brother, the already deceased count Fernando González").] He had no known wife or children.
Notes
References
*This article is based on Simon Barton (1997), ''The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), especially p. 238, which contains a brief ''curriculum vitae''.
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1160s deaths
Year of birth unknown