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187:) is read more loosely, then the events fit much better in 1117, when Gutierre disappears from the record for a time. If it occurred in 1119, it must have been between 26 March and 30 June, the only period when Pedro is absent from the queen's charters. Gutierre's final recorded act was to witness another donation by Pedro Ansúrez to San Isidoro de Dueñas on 4 July 1117, which was probably after Pedro González's release. The proximity of Mansilla to León (it is twenty miles to the south) and the close relationship between Gutierre and the powerful Ansúrez family both before and after indicate that the ephemeral
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Between 1112 and 1114 three surviving documents all explicitly describe
Gutierre as majordomo "of the queen" or "in the queen's court". As the queen's majordomo, Gutierre was usually at court and is often found in the centre of the kingdom, as on 15 October 1116, when he witnessed a donation to the
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At that time
Gutierre Fernández captured Count Pedro González, and held him prisoner in the castle Mansilla. This Count Pedro, it was said, was bound by the strongest chain of love to Queen Urraca, from whom he held Castile and no small part of Campaña. Because of this, his capture produced sorrow
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in order to take its precious stones and gold and silver treasures, but the church was successfully defended by
Gutierre Fernández, the "heir of Castile". Although Lucas believed this person to be Gutierre de Castro, it is chronologically impossible, since the latter would have been only a young
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Eodem tempore
Guterrus Fredenandiz comitem Petrum Gundisalviz ceperat, et in castello Massellae eum captum tenebat. Comes iste Petrus, ut rumor aiebat, firmissima amoris catena Urracae reginae obsequi solitus erat, et ab ea Castellam et non modicam partem Campaniae tenebat. Ob hoc eius captio
88:. He visited the court of Alfonso VI in 1089, where he subscribed to a royal charter. His brother, Ermeíldo Fernández, had a palace in Val de Trigueros in 1095. They had four sisters: Urraca (an abbess), Mayor, María and Munia. All six siblings gathered in 1101 to make a donation to the
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141:, is a mix of Romance and Basque parts meaning "my brother". It might have been chosen as an exoticism to demonstrate the culture and prestige of the queen's court. One royal charter of 13 March 1115 refers to Gutierre as simply the steward (
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on 22 January 1117. There is no further record of him in contemporary documents after this, and he was replaced as majordomo by Jimeno López. The reason for his downfall is described in the
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124:) dates to 18 January 1111. Throughout 1111 he is usually titled this way: "majordomo in the court". In a royal charter of 19 September 1111 he uses the unusual sobriquet
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had substantial support in the kingdom. The historian
Bernard Reilly, believe the episode to have taken place in 1119, associates the fighting in León (recorded in the
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was reputed to be the queen's lover, and his influence on her aroused opposition to their relationship among the high nobility. The period of his imprisonment at
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84:. Gutierre's date of birth is unknown. His parents name him in an act of 1084, and he was an adult in 1086, when he signed as a witness to a royal
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Salazar y Acha, Jaime de (1991). "El linaje castellano de Castro en el siglo XII: Consideraciones e hipótesis sobre su origen".
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even associates
Gutierre with proclaiming Alfonso VII king in opposition to his mother, Urraca, although that was done by Count
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120:(30 December), both meaning "palace administrator". The first charter in which he bears the title majordomo (
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There is confusion in later sources between
Gutierre Fernández, majordomo of Urraca, and
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Hermenegíldez, from the name Hermenegildo/Ermeíldo/Ermildo.
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334:, p. 36. A total of fourteen documents name him as majordomo during this period.
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510:, p. 36 n. 8. He signed himself "majordomo of the queen's palace" (
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494:, p. 36 n. 8. He signed himself "majordomo of the royal court" (
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They were married by 25 March 1069, when they made a donation to the
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was short, but there is disagreement as to the year. In context, the
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370:. Fernando may have been son of Ermeíldo Rodríguez, a majordomo of
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682:. Salamanca: Consejería de educación y cultura de Castilla y León.
589:"El conde Gómez González de Candespina: su historia y su familia"
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68:, and Juliana. Gutierre's family had lands in the valley of the
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La nobleza castellana en la plena Edad Media: el linaje de Lara
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in a broader context of east–west conflict within the kingdom..
240:(born around 1120) with the imprisonment of Pedro de Lara. The
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Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita Cecilia (1999).
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Kingdom of León-Castilla under Queen Urraca, 1109–1126
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until he was removed after imprisoning the queen's lover.
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places it in 1119, but if the reference to "that time" (
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Linajes nobiliarios de León y Castilla: Siglos IX–XIII
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Gutierre is first mentioned as "court administrator" (
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and his family, contributing to Pedro's foundation of
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Variations of his name in the Latin sources abound:
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64:Gutierre was the son of Fernando Ermíldez, lord of
656:Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica
390:, p. 127, calls Gutierre a nephew of Pedro..
248:. These texts fooled some later historians, like
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573:, pp. 86–87, believes them to be the same.
128:before his name. This name, popularised by the
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634:Fontes linguae vasconum: Studia et documenta
698:12th-century nobility from León and Castile
104:Ruins of the 12th-century walls of Mansilla
673:(Doctoral thesis). Universidad de Sevilla.
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217:says that shortly after 1100, King
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667:Sánchez de Mora, Antonio (2003).
627:"Sobre el nombre medieval Annaia"
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557:, pp. 137–39, places the
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512:maiordomus palacii regine
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625:Peterson, David (2008).
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442:(5 September 1111) and
242:Primera Crónica General
233:Primera Crónica General
228:Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada
221:attacked the church of
149:important monastery of
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246:Pedro Fróilaz de Traba
173:Pedro González de Lara
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160:Historia Compostellana
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254:Prudencio de Sandoval
209:, later majordomo of
177:Mansilla de las Mulas
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155:Santa María de Nájera
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82:San Isidoro de Dueñas
444:curialius maiordomus
368:monastery of Sahagún
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476:maiordomus reginae
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302:Ferrandez
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96:Majordomo
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