House Haro
The House of Haro was a historically significant branch of the Crown of Castile . Members of the house were from 1093 to 1348 landlords of the Señorío de Vizcaya , a nucleus of today's Basque Country .
history
In 1093 King Alfonso VI enfeoffed. from León, Castile and Galicia to his loyal followers Diego López with the manorial rule (señorio) over the disputed city of Haro between Castile, Navarra and Aragón and its surroundings - today part of the autonomous region of La Rioja . He chose the city name as his family name.
His successors Lope Diaz I. de Haro (reigned until 1170), Diego Lopez II. De Haro (reigned until 1214), Lope Diaz II. De Haro (reigned until 1236), Diego Lopez III. de Haro (reigned until 1254), Lope Diaz III. de Haro (reigned until 1288), Diego Lopez IV. de Haro (reigned until 1289), Diego Lopez V. de Haro (reigned until 1310), Maria Diaz I. de Haro (reigned 1310-1322 and from 1326 –1334) and Maria Diaz II. De Haro (reigned until 1349) initially continued loyal to the king, but then pursued an increasingly independent Basque policy. The children of the last landlady died early or married into other noble houses.
Others
In 1430, King John II of Castile created the county of Haro for the benefit of Pedro Fernández de Velasco .
literature
- Luis Salazar y Castro and Dalmiro de la Válgoma y Díaz-Varela: Historia genealógica de la Casa de Haro. Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid 1959.
- Ghislain Baury: Los ricoshombres y el rey en Castilia: El linaje Haro 1076-1322. In: Revista de Estudios Medievales. No. 6, Universidad de Oviedo, pp. 53-72. ISSN 1886-1121.