Pedro Rodríguez de Castro (

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1171–1191), second son of Rodrigo Fernández de Castro the bald and Eylo Álvarez, daughter of

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, and of the Countess Mayor Perez, was a Castilian nobleman of the lineage of the Castro. Just like his great-grandfather, count

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, he was Butler of Leon in 1184 and tenente of

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in his ''Nobiliario'', and Argote de Molina in his nobility of Andalusia, called him "the monk" as he entered religion after becoming a widower. He was married before 1171 to Urraca Guzmán Rodríguez, daughter of

Rodrigo Muñoz de Guzmán Rodrigo Muñoz de Guzmán or Rodrigo Núñez de Guzmán (died ''Wiktionary:circa, ca.'' 1186), considered the common ancestor of the noble house of Guzmán, was a Kingdom of Castile, Castilian magnate and ''tenant-in-chief, tenente'' of Roa de Du ...

and Mayor Díaz, who possibly had no offspring. On 19 December 1187, king

Alfonso VIII of Castile Alfonso VIII (11 November 11555 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army at Alarc ...

, in thanks for joining the services of the Castilian Crown, donated to him the villas of Villasila and Villamelendro.Manuscripts in the Library of the Hispanic Society of America
1928, p. 1, Chapter 1:" Alfonso, tenth King of Castile, in Aguilar del Campo confirmed on 8 March, was 1293 (A.D. 1255) a privilege of his great-grandfather King Alfonso, eighth King of Castile Arévalo dated December 19 era 1225 (1187 A.D.) in favour of Pedro Rodríguez de Castro»«, in which donate you the places called Villa Sillo and Villa Melendo.»" Pedro Rodríguez de Castro died after 22 November 1191, date of its last appearance in medieval documentation.

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