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House Of Ponce De León
The House of Ponce de León was an important aristocratic family in León (historical region), León in Spain during the middle ages. It arose from the marriage of Pedro Ponce de Cabrera and Aldonza Alfonso de León, illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso IX of Leon. The house held several important titles in the Spanish nobility, peerage of Spain, including the dukedoms of Duke of Arcos, Arcos, Duke of Aveiro, Aveyro, Duke of Cádiz, Cádiz and Dukes of Nájera, Nájera. Notable members *Juan Ponce de León *Juan Ponce de León II *Juan Ponce de León y Loayza *Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain), Luis Ponce de León *Pedro Ponce de León the Elder *Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos *Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz *Antonio Ponce de León, 11th Duke of Arcos Sources *Salazar y Acha, Jaime de (1985). Una Familia de la Alta Edad Media: Los Velas y su Realidad Histórica (en Estudios Genealógicos y Heráldicos). Asociación Española de Estudios Geneal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castilian House Of Ivrea
The House of Burgundy, also known as the Castilian House of Ivrea, is a cadet branch of the House of Ivrea descended from Raymond of Burgundy. Raymond married Urraca of León, Urraca, the eldest legitimate daughter of Alfonso VI of León and Castile of the Jiménez dynasty, House of Jiménez. Two years after Raymond's death, Urraca succeeded her father and became queen of Castile and León; Urraca's and Raymond's offspring in the legitimate line ruled the kingdom from 1126 until the death of Peter of Castile in 1369, while their descendants in an illegitimate line, the House of Trastámara, would rule Castile and Aragón into the 16th century. History Origins Raymond was the fourth son of William I, Count of Burgundy (from the House of Ivrea) and arrived in the Iberian peninsula probably in 1086 with the army of Odo I, Duke of Burgundy, who besieged the city Tudela, Navarre. In April 1087 the army abandoned the siege and returned home, but Odo, Raymond and Henry, Count of Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |