Rodrigo Pérez de Traba
Rodrigo Pérez de Traba (
Political activities
Feudal affairs
Rodrigo was a younger son of
Among the Galician
Military affairs
Rodrigo was politically closely aligned with the
On only seven or eight occasions did Rodrigo pay a visit to the royal court between September 1141 and March 1152.[14] During this period he continued to visit the Portuguese royal court also. Later, according to the Chronica, in a not unusual display of mercy, Alfonso invited the disgraced count to court and regaled him with gifts of gold and silver as he customarily did his regular courtiers, thus reconciling him to himself.[15] In 1147 Rodrigo joined the royal army that marched to re-conquer Almería from the Muslims, but like many of the Galicians initially present he left in midsummer after taking part in the Siege of Oreja (at least until 25 July).[16]
Ecclesiastical relations
Sometime before 12 December 1155, at which time he was briefly governing
While his wife's religious devotion favoured the Cistercians, Rodrigo's patronage lay solidly behind the Benedictines and the
According to the Historia compostellana, in 1130 some of Rodrigo's knights unlawfully imprisoned Arias Muñiz, the archdeacon of
Rodrigo also donated to the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 297–98.
- ^ Margarita C. Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, "Relaciones fronterizas entre Portugal y León en tiempos de Alfonso VII: El ejemplo de la casa de Traba," Revista da Faculdade de Letras: Historia, 15:1 (1998), 311 n74: el clarisimo conde Pedro fue dapifero regio y su hijo Rodrigo sostuvo como alferez la espada del rey, el escudo y la lanza.
- ^ Barton, 127.
- ^ Barton, 141.
- ^ a b c d e f Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, 310–12.
- ^ a b María del Carmen Pallarés, "Aristocracia y sistema de parentesco en la Galicia de los siglos centrales de la Edad Media: el grupo de los Traba," Hispania, 53:185 (1993), 828–29 n12, quotes the pertinent passage in Spanish: Un arcediano de la iglesia del apóstol Santiago, llamado Arias Muñiz, tenía su arcedianato en tierras pertenecientes a los castros de San Jorge, Traba y Ferreira, que estaban en poder del conde Rodrigo, hijo del conde Pedro. . . ("an archdeacon of the church of the apostle Santiago, named Arias Muñiz, had his archdiaconate in lands belonging to the castles of San Jorge, Traba, and Ferreira, which were in the power of Count Rodrigo, son of Count Pedro").
- ^ Pallarés, 829–30.
- ^ Pallarés, 834 n28: Comes Rudericus Petriz Gallecie.
- ^ Barton, 108.
- ^ His first recorded visit took place on 19 March 1128, cf. Barton, 298.
- ^ a b Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris [hereafter CAI], I, §74. The translation is that of Glenn Edward Lipskey (1972), The Chronicle of Alfonso the Emperor. The nickname el Velloso comes from the Chronica, cf. Pallarés, 835.
- ^ Barton, 297.
- ^ CAI, I, §77.
- ^ They are: November 1141 at Nájera, 10 November 1145 at Valladolid, September 1146 (as recorded in the diplomatic correspondence of the Republic of Genoa), 8 December 1146 at Arévalo, 13 February 1147 at Salamanca, 24–28 February 1147 at Zamora, 11 July 1147 at Calatrava, and 13 February 1147 recte 1148 at Salamanca. Cf. Barton, 130 n147.
- ^ CAI, I, §87: Imperator uero misericordia motus super comitem Rodericum iussit eum comedere panem coram se in palatio suo et dare stipendia auri et argenti sicut uni ex principibus suis, qui assistebant coram se.
- ^ Barton, 180.
- ^ She made donations to this house and to Ferreira on 4 September 1182, 18 August 1162, and 17 December 1175, cf. Barton, 297.
- ^ Her last known act was a donation to this house on 10 February 1187, cf. Barton, 297.
- ^ Donations to Meira and Melón took place on 12 May 1158, 12 May 1162, 12 March 1168, 22 March 1179, and April 1185, cf. Barton, 297.
- ^ Raquel Alonso Álvarez, "Los promotores de la orden del Císter en los reinos de Castilla y León: familias aristocráticas y damas nobles," Anuario de Estudios Medievales, 37:2 (2007), 666.
- ^ Barton, 297 n13: pro amore fidelissimo nostro comes domnus Rodericus Petri.
- ^ Bernard F. Reilly, "The Chancery of Alfonso VII of León-Castilla: The Period 1116-1135 Reconsidered," Speculum, 51:2 (1976), 254 n68.
- ^ a b Barton, 217.
- ^ Barton, 210.
- ^ Pallarés, 835, quotes the following passage, attributed by the anonymous author to Alfonso himself, in Spanish:
Señor arzobispo, ya he previsto, deliberado y encontrado lo que puedo daros a vos y a vuestra iglesia para celebrar cada año mi aniversario. El castro de San Jorge con todas sus dependencias es lo que os prometo y concedo, para que lo tengáis y poseáis pacífica y perpétuamente sin reclamación alguna. El conde Rodrigo, que al presente tiene de mí dicho castro, os prestará homenaje y prometerá fidelidad sobre él, para que a mi muerte os lo deje absolutamente libre y sin carga alguna. Y si el conde Rodrigo muriese, o de cualquier modo perdiere el castro, y otro príncipe hubiere de recibirlo de mí, antes que lo reciba hará homenaje y promesa de fidelidad a vos y a vuestra iglesia de entregaros dicho castro sin contradicción alguna. . .
Lord archbishop, I have already foreseen, deliberated, and discovered that which I can give to you and your church in order to celebrate every year my anniversary. The castle of San Jorge with all its dependencies is what I promise and concede to you, in order that you may have and possess it peacefully and perpetually without any reclamation. The count Rodrigo, who at present holds from me the said castle, will give you homage and promise fidelity for it, in order that at my death he may leave it to you absolutely free and without any charge. And if the count Rodrigo dies, or in any manner loses the castle, and another prince should have received it from me, before he may receive it he will do homage and promise fidelity to you and your church for giving you said castle without any contradiction. . .
Further reading
- Simon Barton. "Sobre el Conde Rodrigo Pérez ‘el Velloso’." Estudios Mindonienses, 5 (1989), 653–61.
- Esther Pascua. "South of the Pyrenees: Kings, Magnates and Political Bargaining in Twelfth-century Spain." Journal of Medieval History, 27:2 (2001), 101–20.
- Bernard F. Reilly. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VII, 1126–1157. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.