Rodrigo Álvarez de Asturias (died 1334) was a Spanish nobleman and lord of

Noreña Noreña is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is surrounded by the municipality of Siero. It is the smallest municipality in Asturias and the second smallest in Spain, and one of the ones with th ...

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, and

County of Trastámara The County of Trastámara (Spanish ''Condado de Trastámara'') was a tenancy of the crown in the Kingdom of Galicia in the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the Latin ''tra(n)s Tamar(is)'', meaning "beyond orth ofthe Tambre", a river which runs ...

. He was the son of another Rodrigo Alvarez de Asturias and grandson of

Pedro Álvarez de Asturias Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

. He married

Juana Fernandez de Saldana Juana is a Spanish female name. It is the feminine form of ''Juan'' (English ''John''), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. The feminine diminutive form (male equivalent to ''Johnny'') is Juanita (equivale ...

daughter of

Fernando Rodriguez de Saldana Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is e ...

. He had two children including Rodrigo Álvarez de Asturias II.

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14th-century Spanish nobility Spanish knights 1334 deaths Year of birth unknown Medieval knights {{Spain-noble-stub