Fernando Núñez de Lara, señor de Castrogeriz

Fernando Núñez de Lara (fl. 1173–1219) was a count of the House of Lara. He spent most of career in the service of the Kingdom of Castile, but at times served the neighbouring Kingdom of León as well. He was a courtier, almost permanently present at court late in the reign of Alfonso VIII (1158–1214), whom he twice served as alférez, the highest military post in the kingdom,[1] also fighting, with his brothers Álvaro and Gonzalo in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212.[2]

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Fernando was the son of Nuño Pérez de Lara and Teresa Fernández de Traba, who after Nuño's death in 1177 married King Ferdinand II of León, taking her children from her first marriage to live at the court.[3] Sometime before 1202 he married Mayor.[4]

Fernando and Mayor had four children:

1. Fernando (d. before June 1232);
2. Álvaro (d. 1240), who married Infanta María Alfonso, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso IX of León and Teresa Gil de Soverosa, and by an unknown mistress fathered Teresa Álvarez, wife of Diego López de Salcedo;
3. Sancha, wife of Ferdinand, a younger son of Afonso II of Portugal; and,
4. Teresa, who married Count Ponç IV of Empúries.[5]

Disputed wife

Did not marry D. Mayor García de Aza

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[It should be noted that, according to Salazar y Castro, Mayor García de Aza married Fernando Núñez de Lara, son of Nuño Pérez de Lara & his wife Teresa Fernández de Traba (-Marrakesh 1217, bur Santa María de Puente Fitero). This parentage is supposedly confirmed by the charter dated 27 Oct 1242 under which her daughters "Doña Sancha Fernández de Lara mujer de don Fernando infante de Portugal señor de Serpa y doña Teresa Fernández de Lara su hermana, mujer de Ponce Hugo conde de Ampurias, hijas del conde Fernando Núñez de Lara alférez mayor de Castilla y de su mujer la condesa doña Mayor García de Aza" donated property in Belorado to the bishop of Burgos[158]. The wife of Fernando Núñez de Lara was named Mayor, as shown by the charter dated 1231 under which "Comdessa dompna Mayor mulier del comde don Ferrando et…don Aluar Ferrandez et…dompna Sancha Ferrandet et…dompna Teresa Fernandet, filios del comde don Ferrando" property to the hospital of Burgos[159]. However, Martínez Díez describes her parentage as proposed by Salazar y Castro as "pura fabulación y…en contradicción con todos los diplomas y documentos que conocemos", pointing out that all the documentation points to Mayor García de Aza having married Gonzalo [Rodr%C3%ADguez] de Marañón as shown above[160]. The original text of the charter dated 27 Oct 1242 has not yet been found, so it is not possible to assess the extent that the extract as provided by Salazar y Castro strays from its wording.

Family

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Salazar y Castro records that Nuño Pérez and his wife were both buried in the monastery of Perales[1547]. Nuño & his wife had [six] children:

1. FERNANDO Núñez de Lara (-Marrakesh 1217, bur Santa María de Puente Fitero). "Condessa dona Maior con mio fijo Alvar Fernandez e con mie fija Sancha Fernandez e con mie fija Taresa Fernandez" donated the church of Santa María de Esperina, for the soul of "mi marido el conde don Fernando et…mio fijo el Conde de Lara", by charter dated 15 Jun 1232[1556].

Fernando & his wife had [five] children:

• a) FERNANDO Fernández de Lara (-after 1217). ...
• b) ÁLVARO Fernández de Lara (-after 24 Jul 1240). Señor de Lara. ...
• c) SANCHA Fernández. ...
• d) [BENITA Fernández ). Benita is shown in secondary sources as the first wife of Ponce [IV] Conde de Ampurias. The primary source on which her supposed parentage and marriage are based has not yet been identified. It appears unlikely that the information is correct. ...
• e) TERESA Fernández. ...