Fernando González de Marañón (died April 1219) was the sixth Grand Master of the Order of Santiago from 1206 until 1210. Fernando was born in the second half of the twelfth century. His family was of

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se origin, but active in the

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. He was the son of Count Gonzalo de Marañón, who may have been a member of the confraternity of Cáceres organized by Pedro Fernández de Castro, which became the Order of Santiago in 1170.Carlos de Ayala Martínez
"González de Marañón, Fernando"
'' Diccionario biográfico español'' (Real Academia de la Historia, 2018). Fernando succeeded Suero Rodríguez as grand master in 1206. He resettled the domains owned by his order, granting ''

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'' to Huélamo and Villarrubia de Santiago and new rights to Ocaña. He reached an agreement on cooperation with the

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and maintained good relations with the

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. Between 1207 and 1210, he received five bulls from

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dealing with the rights of the order, its internal discipline and its relations with the secular clergy, among other things. Since the truces that

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had signed with the

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prevented the order from fulfilling its purpose of fighting them, Fernando received Innocent III's approval to bring his knights into the service of King

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. In 1210, he went from Uclés through

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to join Peter II's offensive towards

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and

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. The knights of Santiago captured the fortresses of

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, Villarquemado and before joining the siege of Montalbán. Peter left the siege early and the castle was captured by the knights. In June, Peter conferred it on them and it became their headquarters in Aragon. Fernando resigned the mastership later in 1210 and died in April 1219. A contrary report is given by , according to which Fernando died shortly after the conquest of Montalbán and was buried in Alarcón.

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