Gonzalo Osorio

Notes:

Mayordomo Mayor to King Fernando II.

From Leo van de Pas:

Gonzalo Osorio, also known as Gonzalo Osórez, was a noble member of the house of Flainez as the son of conde Osorio Martinez and Teresa Fernández.

Although Gonzalo did not hold the rank of count, he succeeded his father in the tenencias (fiefs, tenancies) of Villalobos, Mayorga, Ribera, of Zamora and Valderas. He was lord high steward of Fernando II, King of León from 1176 to 1178 and in 1187.

The name of Osorio's wife is not recorded, but he had four sons and three daughters, of whom only Osorio is recorded with progeny.

Like his mother, Gonzalo was a benefactor of the Order of Hospitallers, but he applied for and received a loan from the order. In his will he left a sum to the Order but he died about 1180 before repaying the loan, and his sisters Aldonza, Sancha, Constanza and Jimena gave the town of Ribola to the Order to settle the debt.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Osorio Gonzalez died about 1220.

Notes:

Count in Leon.

"Osorio Martínez (Latin: Osorius Martini) was a magnate from the Province of León in the Empire of Alfonso VII. He served the emperor militarily throughout his long career, which peaked in 1138–41. Besides the documentary sources, which are somewhat meagre at times after his fall from royal favour, he is mentioned in two episodes in the Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris. He supported Ferdinand II of León after Alfonso's death (1157), but he died in a Castilian civil war in 1160. [...] Osorio died at the hands of his son-in-law, Fernando Rodríguez de Castro, husband of his daughter Constanza, at the Battle of Lobregal in March 1160, fighting on the side of the House of Lara in the civil war for control of the regency of the young Alfonso VIII." [Wikipedia]

Osorio married Teresa Fernández before 28 Jan 1141. Teresa (daughter of Fernando Fernández and Elvira Alfonso) died after 3 Nov 1167. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Constanza.

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Count in Aguilar.

"Martin Flainez, also recorded as Martin Alfonso Osorio, was the son of conde Flain Fernández and his second wife Toda Fernández. He was one of the most powerful members of the nobility of León during the reign of Alfonso VI 'the Brave,' king of Castile and León. His first mention in medieval sources was in May 1065 when he participated with his mother Toda and his brother Fernando in a donation to the cathedral of León. His brother Fernando was banished and their property confiscated for rebelling against the king in 1078, and Martin, who became count in 1081, became responsible for restoring the fortunes of his family. He ruled as the king's tenente (consul) of the tenencias of Simancas and Cabezon in 1092, of Aguilar between 1094 and 1107, and of the city of León in 1104." [Leo van de Pas]

"According to Lucas de Tuy, writing his Chronicon mundi over a hundred years later, Martín was a victim of the Battle of Uclés in May 1108. A charter of the monastery of Sahagún dated 17 November 1108 cites Martín as still living, although it may contain an error in the dating clause. There is no other reference to Martín later than 31 March 1108." [Wikipedia]

Martín married Sancha Fernández before 13 Mar 1084. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Fernando Fernandez de Carrion (from his burial place). Count in Leon.

From Wikipedia:

Fernando Fernández or Fernán Fernándiz de Carrión (fl. 1107–1125) was a count in the Kingdom of León during the reign of Queen Urraca. Fernando's origins are obscure. Though his patronymic indicates that his father was also named Fernando, his father has not been identified. He may have been related to Pedro Ansúrez. He probably hailed from the region of León, where he is known to have held properties and where he appears in some local documents.

Fernando married into the royal family when he wed Elvira of Castile and León, widow of Raimond IV, comte de Toulouse, and daughter of Alfonso VI 'the Brave', king of Castile and León, by his mistress Jimena Munoz. They were married by 8 July 1117, when together the couple made a private donation of the monastery of San Salvador de Ferreira to the abbey of Cluny. As this was in Galicia it probably represented a portion of his wife's inheritance. The marriage does not appear to have been a happy one. On 17 December 1120 Elvira sold the estate at Fuentes de los Oteros which she had received as arras (a bridal gift). The couple had three children, Diego, Garcia, and Teresa, of whom only the latter would have progeny, marrying Conde Osorio Martinez Osorio. Fernando and Elvira separated by 1121, when Fernando married again, to Sancha González.

Fernando was in the service of Henri, count of Portugal, from 1108 until Henri's death in 1112. From 1111 he ruled Lamego. After his service to Count Henri he no longer appears in Portuguese documents. Outside of Portugal at different times he held the tenencias (fiefs) of Salnellas (1113), Toro (1116-17), Bolaños (1117), and Tierra de Campos (1119). He held the tenencia of Malgrat (Malgrado), modern Benavente, from 1117 to 1124.

In 1121, when the royal court wintered in León, Fernando was in attendance. He had two documents drawn up by royal notaries Pedro Vicéntez and Juan Rodrigo, both dated to the joint reign of Urraca and her son, the future Alfonso VII. The following spring Urraca campaigned in Galicia, perhaps with Fernando accompanying. Fernando's death probably occurred towards the end of Urraca's reign, as he does not appear in any charters of Alfonso VII and the Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris does not list him among the nobles who did homage to the new king in 1126. He was buried in San Zoilo de Carrión and the inscription on his tomb was recorded by Prudencio de Sandoval: PULVIS IN HAC FOSSA PARITER TUMULANTUR ET OSSA CONSULIS ILLUSTRIS FERDINANDI MALGRATENSIS ('(There is) dust in this tomb and likewise are buried the bones / of the illustrious consul Ferdinand of Malgrado').

Fernando married Elvira Alfonso before 8 Jul 1117 in Castile. Elvira (daughter of Alfonso VI, King of Leon, Castile, and Galicia and Ximena Moniz) was born about 1079. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 1082

Notes:

Countess of Toulouse.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 1065 and 1070

Flaín married Toda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 30 Jun 1109, Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Alfonso married Ximena Moniz. Ximena died in 1128. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Jimena Munoz; Ximena Nunia de Guzman.

"Apparently between his first and second marriages [Alfonso VI] formed a liaison with Jimena Muñoz, a 'most noble' (nobilissima) concubine 'derived from royalty' (real generacion). She appears to have been put aside, given land in Ulver, at the time of Alfonso's remarriage. By her Alfonso had two illegitimate daughters, Elvira and Teresa." [Wikipedia]