García Garcés de Aza
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García Garcés de Aza was a Castilian magnate "renowned for his wealth and dullness", yet "a prominent figure in the later Andalusian campaigns of the Emperor between 1150 and 1157". His toponymic appe
The castle of Calatrava, which García probably defended during the 1147 campaign of Alfonso VII
Pedro Fróilaz de Traba
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Pedro Fróilaz de Traba was the most powerful secular magnate in the Kingdom of Galicia during the first quarter of the twelfth century. According to the Historia compostelana, he was "spirited... warl
García Garcés de Aza
…maravedís. The charter of sale was drawn up by a certain Sancho, who signed it as "chancellor of Count Manrique". García married a younger daughter of Pedro Fróilaz de Traba, sometimes named Eva and other times Sancha. In 1157, with his wife, Sancha Pérez, García donated their monasterium (monastic church) of San Florencio…
Pedro's tomb effigy in the Capela das Reliquias of the cathedral of Compostela
The monastery of Sobrado was granted to Pedro's eldest two sons in 1118, although already in 1109 Pedro's territory had been defined by it.
Coat-of-arms of Oleiros, showing a castle on the sea. The castle at Oleiros was probably originally built as protection against Vikings and it was granted to Pedro Fróilaz in 1112.
Castle of Sobroso, where Pedro surprised and besieged Queen Urraca.