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Pedro Ponce de Cabrera (died 1248/1254), was a magnate from the Kingdom of León, son of Ponce Vela de Cabrera and his wife Teresa Rodríguez Girón, daughter of Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón and his first wife María de Guzmán. From his marriage to
Aldonza Alfonso de León Aldonza Alfonso de León (c. 1215–1266) was an illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso IX of León Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León and Galicia from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until hi ...
, illegitimate daughter of
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and his mistress
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, «...would descend one of the most important and aristocratic Spanish families of the
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, the Ponce de León, so relevant in the conquest of
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where they were to receive over time the
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of
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and Duchy of Arcos».


Biographical sketch

Probably born near the end of the 12th century as he appears described in a document in July 1202 as a minor, Pedro Ponce de Cabrera was an important magnate during the reigns of King Alfonso IX, whom he served as his ''
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'', and of his successor,
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. In February 1221 he was part of the entourage that accompanied ''
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'' Eleanor of Castile, daughter of King Alfonso VIII of Castile, to
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for her wedding with King
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. He played an active role in the ''
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'' campaigns of King Fernando III in
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and fought against the
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in
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,
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and
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. After the
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of Córdoba in 1236, he was awarded land in the ''
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'' while his son, also benefited a few years later, in 1248 from the partition and distribution of land after the conquest of Seville. Pedro Ponce de Cabrera was buried in the chapel of Saint Benito at the Monastery of Santa María de Nogales, founded by his grandparents Vela Gutiérrez and Sancha Ponce de Cabrera. His widow Aldonza was also buried in the same chapel.


Marriage and issue

He married Aldonza Alfonso, illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso IX of León and his mistress
Aldonza Martínez de Silva Aldonza Martínez de Silva ( Portuguese: Aldonça Martins da Silva; died after 1236) a Portuguese noblewoman, daughter of Martim Gomes da Silva and his wife Urraca Rodríguez, was one of the mistresses of King Alfonso IX of León and afterward, t ...
, sometime before 10 June 1230 when both appear together making a donation to the Monastery of Santa María de Nogales. On 7 October 1235 he executed a deed whereby he specified the '' arras'' to be received by his wife. They had the following children: * Fernán Pérez Ponce de León (died in 1291 in
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), Lord of Puebla de Asturias, Cangas and Tineo, ''
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'' of the frontier of Andalusia, ''
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'' of King
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and ''
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'' of
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. He and his wife Urraca Gutiérrez were buried in the main chapel of the church of the Monastery of Moreruela; *
Ruy Pérez Ponce de León Ruy Pérez Ponce de León or Rodrigo Pérez Ponce de León (b. ? - d. 1295) was a Spanish noble of the House of Ponce de León, in the service of the Kingdom of Castile. He was the 15th Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava from 1284 to 1295 ...
(m. 1295), elected 15th Grand Master of the
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in 1284; * Juan Pérez Ponce de León, who benefited from the distribution of land after the conquest of Seville in 1248. * Pedro Pérez Ponce de León (died c. 1280), comendador of the
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; * Elvira Ponce de León * Álvaro Ponce de León * Juana Ponce de León


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