Mayor Guillén de Guzmán
Mayor Guillén de Guzmán | |
|---|---|
| Lady of Alcocer | |
| Born | 1205 |
| Died | 1262 Alcocer |
| Buried | Monastery of Santa Clara in Alcocer |
| Father | Guillén Pérez de Guzmán |
| Mother | María González Girón |
Mayor Guillén de Guzmán (1205–1262) was a member of one of the most aristocratic families in the court of King Ferdinand III of Castile. Her parents were Guillén Pérez de Guzmán and María González Girón, daughter of Gonzalo Rodríguez Girón and his first wife Sancha Rodríguez,[1] and sister of Pedro Rodríguez de Guzmán, Castile's first adelantado and father of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán.
Biographical sketch
Her name is registered in contemporary chronicles and documents as the lover of prince Alfonso de Castilla, future king
Beatriz de Suabia. In 1255, Alfonso gave her lands in La Alcarria which included Cifuentes, Viana de Mondéjar, Palazuelos, Salmerón, Vadesliras and Alcocer. With the collaboration of King Alfonso, she founded the Monastery of Santa Clara de Alcocer in an unpopulated village called San Miguel del Monte within the jurisdiction of Alcocer. The foundational charter dated September 22, 1260 was confirmed by her brothers Pedro and Nuño Rodríguez de Guzmán.[2]
Issue
From her relationship with Infante Alfonso she had one daughter:
Death and burial
She died in early 1262 in
polychromed sculpture considered among the best funerary art from the Middle Ages in Guadalajara.[3][7]
References
- ^ Salazar y Acha & Masnata y de Quesada 1990, p. 223.
- ^ Martín Prieto 2005, p. 227-241.
- ^ a b Villalba Ruiz de Toledo 1989, p. 320.
- ^ Salazar y Acha & Masnata y de Quesada 1990, p. 222.
- ^ Auctioned parchment at Christie's
- ^ Gutiérrez Baños 2015.
- ^ González Jiménez 2004, p. 157.
Bibliography
- García Fernández, Manuel (1999). "La política internacional de Portugal y Castilla en el contexto peninsular del Tratado de Alcañices (1267-1297). Relaciones diplomáticas y dinásticas" (PDF). Revista da Faculdade de Letras, Serie Historia (in Spanish) (XV). Universidade do Porto: 901–943. OCLC 632487275.
- González Jiménez, Manuel (2004). Alfonso X el Sabio (in Spanish). Barcelona: Publisher Ariel S. A. ISBN 84-344-6758-5.
- Gutiérrez Baños, Fernando (2015). "Una nota sobre escultura castellana del siglo XIII". Archivo Español de Arte. 88: 37–52. .
- Martín Prieto, Pablo (2005). "La fundación del monasterio de Santa Clara de Alcocer (1252-1260)". Hispania Sacra (in Spanish). 57 (115). Madrid: 227–241. OCLC 844065330. Archived from the originalon 2013-11-13.
- Salazar y Acha, Jaime de (1989). "Los descendientes del conde Ero Fernández, fundador de Monasterio de Santa María de Ferreira de Pallares". El Museo de Pontevedra (in Spanish) (43): 67–86. ISSN 0210-7791.
- Salazar y Acha, Jaime de; Masnata y de Quesada, David (1990). "Precisiones y nuevos datos sobre el entorno familiar de Alfonso X el Sabio fundador de Ciudad Real" (PDF). Cuadernos de Estudios Manchegos (in Spanish) (20). Instituto de Estudios Manchegos: 210–231. ISSN 0526-2623.[permanent dead link]
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