Pedro Alfonso de León (c. 1196 – 1226) was a
Leonese Spanish noble of the
House of Burgundy
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. He was, according to many historians, the illegitimate son of
Alfonso IX of León
Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death.
He took steps towards modernizing and democratizing his dominion and founded the University of Salaman ...
. He was elected
Grand Master of the
Order of Santiago
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in 1225, succeeding
Fernán Pérez ChacÃn in the role.
Biography
His exact date of birth is not known, but is estimated to be around 1196. There is also controversy amongst historians surrounding his true identity. Some chroniclers hold that he was the illegitimate son of
Alfonso IX of León
Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death.
He took steps towards modernizing and democratizing his dominion and founded the University of Salaman ...
and an unknown woman, while others maintain that his mother was
Aldonza MartÃnez de Silva
Aldonza MartÃnez de Silva (Portuguese language, Portuguese: Aldonça Martins da Silva; died after 1236) a Portuguese noblewoman, daughter of Martim Gomes da Silva and his wife Urraca RodrÃguez, was one of the mistresses of King Alfonso IX of Le ...
, daughter of
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and his wife
Urraca Ruiz de Cabrera. Still other historians have cast doubt on Pedro Alfonso's status as Alfonso IX's illegitimate son, that he existed at all or that he was a Grand Master of the
Order of Santiago
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.
Marriage and descendancy
The name of his wife is not known, and historians disagree over whether Pedro Alfonso had one or two children. His children were as follows.
*
Diego Alfonso de León. Married
Urraca de Tenorio, Lady of
Tenorio and
Cotovad.
*
Alfonso Pérez de León (born c. 1215 – d. ?). Navarrese noble from
Monreal. Married
Inés Gutiérrez de Páramo.
See also
*
Order of Santiago
The Order of Santiago (; ) is a religious and military order founded in the 12th century. It owes its name to the patron saint of Spain, ''Santiago'' ( St. James the Greater). Its initial objective was to protect the pilgrims on the Way of S ...
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1190s births
1226 deaths
Pedro
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The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meanin ...
Spanish untitled nobility
Grand masters of the Order of Santiago