Pedro Rodríguez de Castro

Pedro Rodríguez de Castro
Mayordomo mayor de León
Spouse(s) Urraca Rodríguez de Castro
Noble family Castro
Father Rodrigo Fernández de Castro el Calvo
Mother Eylo Álvarez
Died c. 1189

Pedro Rodríguez de Castro (fl. 1171–1191), second son of Rodrigo Fernández de Castro the bald and Eylo Álvarez, daughter of Álvar Fáñez, and of the Countess Mayor Perez, was a Castilian ricohombre of the lineage of the Castro. Just like his great-grandfather the count Pedro Ansúrez called, was Butler of Leon in 1184 and tenente of Grado, Tineo, Pravia, and Limia.[1] The Count of Barcelos in his Nobiliario, and Argote de Molina in his nobility of Andalusia, called him the monk as he should enter into religion after widower.

He was married before 1171 to Urraca Guzmán Rodríguez, daughter of Rodrigo Muñoz Guzman and Mayor Díaz, who possibly had no offspring.[1][2]

On 19 December 1187, tenente also from Astudillo, the King then Alfonso VIII of Castile, in thanks for joining the services of the Castilian Crown, donated to him the villas of Villasila and Villamelendro[lower-alpha 1] in Alfoz of Saldaña and the King gave them fuero in 1180. Don Pedro, two years later, in 1189 donated, along with his wife, order of Santiago these villas with their lands.Template:Harvnp

Pedro Rodríguez de Castro will be dead after the 22 November 1191, date of its last appearance in medieval documentation.Template:Harvnp

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.»"

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 (Salazar y Acha 1991, p. 43)
  2. ↑ (Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1999, p. 392)

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