Pedro González de Lara

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Pedro González de Lara († October 16, 1130 before Bayonne ) was a Castilian nobleman from the house of Lara and lover of Queen Urraca of León-Castile . He was the eldest son of Gonzalo Núñez de Lara († after 1105) and his wife Goto.

Life

To King Alfonso VI. (1065–1109) served Pedro González in the years 1089 to 1091 as a standard bearer ( alférez ) . Possibly he took part as a member of the Spanish contingent moving with Raymond IV of Toulouse in the First Crusade (1095-1101), provided that he is identical to the Spanish knight Pero Gonzales Romero , who in the late crusade chronicle La gran conquista de Ultramar at the The siege of Antioch is called 1097.

In the later years of Alfonso VI. Pedro González came into the possession of several castle lords (tenente) , which helped him to an important position of power in Castile . On May 6, 1107 he was first attested with the title of Count . For Queen Urraca (1109–1126) he became an important pillar of her rule and, regardless of his marriage, her lover. According to the historian Jéronimo Zurita , Pedro allegedly fought in 1111 in the fateful battle of Candespina, in which Urraca's first lover, Count Gómez González , fell, but this is not confirmed by any contemporary source. Pedro strengthened the influence of the Lara family at the royal court by marrying his younger brother Rodrigo González to a half-sister of the queen. The arrival of Alfonso VII (1126–1157) had put an end to the power of the Laras at the royal court, as the new king was in a hostile relationship with his "stepfather". As a result, Pedro refused allegiance to the king in 1129 during the campaign against King Alfonso I of Aragon , with which he and his brother entered into open revolt. Together with his son-in-law, Beltrán de Risnel, he besieged Palencia in the spring of 1130 , but his appeal for help to the King of Aragón cost him the support of the Castilian population. So Alfonso VII was able to lift the siege and take Pedro prisoner. He was first brought in chains to León , where he was declared forfeit of his title and possessions, but was then released again.

Pedro moved to the court of the King of Aragón, whom he accompanied in 1130 on a campaign against Count Alfons Jordan of Toulouse , who was a cousin and ally of Alfonso VII. During the siege of Bayonne he fought a duel with the Count, was thrown from his horse and broke his arm. A few days later he died of his injuries.

Pedro Gronzález's wife was called Eva, who was last mentioned in a document in 1147. Your children were:

  • Manrique Pérez de Lara († July 9, 1164, died near Garcianarro).
  • Álvaro Pérez de Lara († September 15, 1172).
  • Mayor Perez de Lara.
  • Nuño Pérez de Lara († 1177)
  • Rodrigo Pérez de Lara († 1164)
  • María Pérez de Lara
  • Milia Pérez de Lara († 1186), with Gómez González de Manzanedo.

From his relationship with Queen Urraca he had two illegitimate children:

  • Elvira Pérez de Lara (* around 1117, † after 1174); 1. ∞ with García Pérez de Traba, Lord of Trastámara; 2. ∞ with Beltrán de Risnel.
  • Fernando Pérez "Furtado" de Lara (* before 1123, † 1156).

literature

  • Bernard F. Reilly, The Kingdom of León-Castilla under Queen Urraca 1109-1126. Princeton University Press, 1982 ( online ).
  • Bernard F. Reilly: The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.
  • Luis de Salazar y Castro : Historia Genealógia de la Casa de Lara justificada con instrumentos y escritores de inviolable fe. Volume 1, 1696, §12, pp. 90-102.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The date of death is recorded in the necrology of the Cathedral of Burgos. Luciano Serrano: El obispado de Burgos y Castilla primitiva desde el siglo V al XIII. Vol. 3 (1935), p. 390.
  2. ↑ La gran conquista de Ultramar, ed. by Pascual de Gayangos (1858), Book II, §53, p. 201.
  3. ↑ Documentacíon de la catedral de Burgos (804-1183), ed. by José Manuel Garrido Garrido (1983), pp. 154-155.
  4. ↑ Jéronimo Zurita, Anales de la corona de Aragón, ed. by Ángel Canellas López (1967), Vol. 1, Lib. 1, §38.
  5. ↑ Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris, ed. by Glenn Edward Lipskey in: The Chronicle of Alfonso the Emperor. (1972), Book I, §14, p. 60.
  6. ↑ Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris, ed. by Glenn Edward Lipskey in: The Chronicle of Alfonso the Emperor. (1972), Book I, §18, pp. 62-63.
  7. ↑ Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris, ed. by Glenn Edward Lipskey in: The Chronicle of Alfonso the Emperor. (1972), Book I, §18, p. 63. See Reilly (1998), pp. 31-32.

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personal data
SURNAME Pedro González de Lara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish nobleman, lover of Queen Urraca of León-Castile
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1130
Place of death Bayonne