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
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.
Bermudo Pérez de Traba
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Bermudo Pérez de Traba, the eldest son of Count Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and his first wife Urraca Fróilaz, was a member of the most important medieval lineage in Galicia. He governed as a tenente Trast
Pedro Fróilaz de Traba
…last recorded alive on 6 January 1129 and probably died not long afterwards. By his first wife Pedro had three sons and two daughters. The eldest son, Bermudo, would eventually be overshadowed, politically, by the second, Fernando. His other son was Froila and his daughters Jimena and Lupa (married Munio…
Miniature portrait of Bermudo from the Tombo de Toxosoutos