Pontius Vela of Cabrera

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Coat of arms of the House of Cabrera
Ruins of the Cistercian monastery of Santa María de Nogales in San Esteban

Count Pontius Vela of Cabrera , also Ponce Vela de Cabrera or Ponce Vélaz de Cabrera († September 24, 1202 ) was a nobleman in the Kingdom of León , who played an important role during the reign of King Alfonso IX. played.

Life

Pontius Vela von Cabrera was born as the son of Count Vela Gutiérrez († 1160) and Countess Sancha Pontius von Cabrera († 1176). His grandfather was Pontius Geraldus von Cabrera , a high official at the court of the Spanish Emperor Alfonso VII of León and Castile .

It was first mentioned in royal documents in 1176. He served as Alférez of the king in 1185/86 . During this time he was appointed lord of Mansilla and other villages and regions that were ruled by the Counts Suero Vermúdez and Pedro Alfonso, who were related to him . These included Tineo and Babia , Gozón and Cabezón, and Mayorga , Zamora and El Bierzo .

Pontius Vela von Cabrera donated a third of the village of Granucillo , which he had inherited from his parents, to the Cistercian monastery of Santa María de Nogales in San Esteban , where he was buried after his death on September 24, 1202.

family

Count Pontius Vela of Cabrera married Teresa Rodríguez Girón, daughter of the magnate and chief administrator of the king, Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón , and his first wife María de Guzmán. Together they had the children:

Through the marriage of his son Pedro Pontius of Cabrera to the illegitimate king's daughter Aldonza Alfonso of León , one of the most famous noble houses of the later Middle Ages, Pontius of León , was founded, which ruled over the duchies of Arcos and Cádiz .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Jaime de Salazar y Acha: Una Familia de la Alta Edad Media: Los Velas y su Realidad Histórica . In: Estudios Genealógicos y Heráldicos . tape 1 . Madrid 1985, ISBN 84-398-3591-4 , pp. 51-52 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Margarita C. Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León: Linajes nobiliarios en León y Castilla: Siglos IX-XIII . Salamanca 1999, ISBN 84-7846-781-5 , pp. 188-191 .
  3. ↑ Inés Calderón Medina: El impulso nobiliario a la expansión del Císter en el reino de León. La parentela de Ponce de Cabrera en los monasterios de Santa María de Moreruela y San Esteban de Nogales . In: Medievalismo . tape 18 , 2008, p. 341-374 .
  4. ↑ Simon Barton: Two Catalan magnates in the courts of the kings of León-Castile: The careers of Ponce de Cabrera and Ponce de Minerva re-examined . In: Journal of Medieval History . tape 18 , no. 3 , 1992, ISSN  0304-4181 , pp. 233-266 , doi : 10.1016 / 0304-4181 (92) 90022-q .
personal data
SURNAME Pontius Vela of Cabrera
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ponce Vela de Cabrera; Ponce Velaz de Cabrera
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nobleman in the Kingdom of León
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingdom of León
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1202