Rodrigo Muñoz De Guzmán
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Rodrigo Muñoz de Guzmán or Rodrigo Núñez de Guzmán (died '' ca.'' 1186), considered the common ancestor of the noble
house of Guzmán The House of Guzmán (''Casa de Guzmán'') is an old and noble Spanish family that emerged in Kingdom of Castile, Castile in the 12th century and became one of the most prominent dynasties of the Spanish kingdom until the 18th century. The origin ...
, was a Castilian magnate and '' tenente'' of Roa and of the village of Guzmán in
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, from which this lineage took its name.


Life

Nothing is known about the parentage or ancestry of Rodrigo Muñoz de Guzmán. The
onomastic Onomastics (or onomatology in older texts) is the study of proper names, including their etymology, history, and use. An ''alethonym'' ('true name') or an ''orthonym'' ('real name') is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onom ...
customs of that time dictate that, given his patronymic Muñoz, he must have been the son of a Munio (Muño) or Nuño. He was a patron of several monasteries, including the Monastery of San Cosme and San Damián in Covarrubias and of the Monastery of San Cristóbal de Ibeas situated in San Millán de Juarros which had been founded by Álvaro Díaz de Oca and his wife Teresa Ordóñez, the maternal grandparents of his wife Mayor. Rodrigo and Mayor were buried there. On 20 February 1151,
Gutierre Fernández de Castro Gutierre Fernández de Castro ( Alfonso VII of León and Castile">Alfonso VII (1126–57) and his son Sancho III of Castile">Sancho III (1157–58). He served Alfonso as a courtier after 1134 and as majordomo (1135–38). He was the guardian and tu ...
with his wife Toda, and Rodrigo and his wife Mayor, Toda's sister, donated several properties that the sisters had inherited from their maternal grandparents, to the abbot of the monastery. Rodrigo Muñoz probably died shortly after 29 January 1186, the date when he last appears in medieval charters.


Marriage and issue

He married before 1150 Mayor Díaz, daughter of Diego Sánchez, who died in the Battle of Uclés, and of Enderquina Álvarez, daughter of Álvaro Díaz de Oca and his wife Teresa Ordóñez. At least nine children were born of this marriage: * Álvaro Rodríguez de Guzmán (died in 1187), governed, as tenant-in-chief, Mansilla, a toponymic which he adopted as his ''cognomen'' and as such he appears confirming several charters as Álvaro Rodríguez de Mansilla. He also governed La Pernía and
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. In another document dated 1167, he mentions his brothers and sisters: Pero, Fernando, Rodrigo, Urraca, Sancha and Teresa. Álvaro married Sancha Rodríguez de Castro, daughter of Rodrigo Fernández de Castro, the Bald and Eylo Álvarez with whom he had Fernando and Eylo Álvarez, as well as Elvira and Toda Álvarez de Guzmán, the latter married to Álvaro Rodríguez Girón, son of
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón (died 1193) was a magnate and '' ricohombre'' from Palencia who played a key role in the Medieval history of the Iberian Peninsula. He was the first one of his lineage to add ''Girón'' to his patronymic.As reflected in ...
. * Fernando Rodríguez de Guzmán, who, according to genealogist Luis de Salazar y Castro, was the husband of Juana de Aza and father of
Saint Dominic Saint Dominic, (; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (), was a Castilians, Castilian Catholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order. He is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientists, and he a ...
, although there is no documentary proof whatsoever sustaining this filiation. * Nuño or Munio Rodríguez de Guzmán, who probably died young, shortly after August 1151 when he last appears confirming a donation made by King
Sancho III of Castile Sancho III ( 1134 – 31 August 1158), called the Desired (''el Deseado''), was King of Castile and Toledo for one year, from 1157 to 1158. He was the son of Alfonso VII of León and Castile and his wife Berengaria of Barcelona, and was s ...
. * Pedro Rodríguez de Guzmán (died on 18 July 1195 at the
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). Appointed '' mayordomo mayor'' of King Alfonso VIII in April 1194. Around May 1174 he married Mahalda, as confirmed in the donation made by King Alfonso VIII ''in casamento'' (as a wedding gift). The couple had several children, including Nuño Pérez de Guzmán who was the head of the house of Guzmán, and
Guillén Pérez de Guzmán Guillén Pérez de Guzmán (Wiktionary:circa, ca. 1180–1233), a member of the House of Guzmán, one of the most aristocratic of the Kingdom of Castile, was the maternal grandfather of Queen Beatrice of Castile (1242–1303), Beatrice of Castile, ...
, the father of
Mayor Guillén de Guzmán Mayor Guillén de Guzmán (1205–1262) was a member of one of the most aristocratic families in the court of King Ferdinand III of Castile. Her parents were Guillén Pérez de Guzmán and María González Girón, daughter of Gonzalo Rodríguez G ...
, mistress of King
Alfonso X of Castile Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, ; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, Kingdom of León, León and Kingdom of Galicia, Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the April 1257 Imperial election, election of 1 ...
, the parents of Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of
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due to her marriage to King
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. * Rodrigo Rodríguez de Guzmán, mentioned by his brother Álvaro in 1167. * Urraca Rodríguez de Guzmán (died after 1189), who married Pedro Rodríguez de Castro. Both appear together in 1189 when they donated Villasila and Villamelendro to the
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, confirming as ''ego Petrus Roderici de Castro cum uxore mea Urraca Roderici'' (I, Pedro Rodríguez de Castro with my wife Urraca Rodríguez) * Sancha Rodríguez de Guzmán, mentioned by her brother Álvaro in 1167. * María de Guzmán, was the first wife of
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón (died 1193) was a magnate and '' ricohombre'' from Palencia who played a key role in the Medieval history of the Iberian Peninsula. He was the first one of his lineage to add ''Girón'' to his patronymic.As reflected in ...
. * Teresa Rodríguez de Guzmán, also mentioned by her brother Álvaro in 1167.


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External links


Románico Digital, San Millán de Juarros. Ruins of the Monastery of San Cristóbal de Ibeas
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guzman, Rodrigo Munoz De 12th-century births 1186 deaths 12th-century nobility from León and Castile