Gonzalo Rodríguez de las Varillas (1270–1345) was a Spanish

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, founder of the

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San Juan Bautista, Parish of Santo Tomé.

Biography

Born 1270 in

Ciudad Rodrigo Ciudad Rodrigo () is a small cathedral city in the province of Salamanca, in western Spain, with a population in 2016 of 12,896. It is also the seat of a judicial district. The site of Ciudad Rodrigo, perched atop a rocky rise on the right bank ...

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, was a descendant of conde Ramón de Tolosa, and by paternal line were direct descendants of conde Vela of Aragon, (son of king

Sancho Ramírez Sancho Ramírez ( 1042 – 4 June 1094) was King of Aragon from 1063 until 1094 and King of Pamplona from 1076 under the name of Sancho V ( eu, Antso V.a Ramirez). He was the eldest son of Ramiro I and Ermesinda of Bigorre. His father was the f ...

). Gonzalo Rodríguez de las Varillas was married to Teresa Martinez Nieto, daughter of Martin Fernan Nieto, Camarero Mayor of Pedro de Castilla (

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). His second wife was Ines Rodríguez (his cousin) belonging to one of the most illustrious families of

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

References

External links

www.cervantesvirtual.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez de las Varillas, Gonzalo 1270 births 1345 deaths 13th-century Castilian nobility 14th-century Castilian nobility