Vela Gutiérrez
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Vela Gutiérrez was a Leonese nobleman. He first founded the convent of Santa María de Nogales in 1150, but it failed and was re-founded as a monastery at later date.
Ruins of Santa María de Nogales: the original foundation was a Benedictine convent established by Vela in 1150, but it went defunct by 1164, when it was refounded as a Cistercian monastery.
Ponce Vela de Cabrera
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Ponce Vela de Cabrera, also known as Ponce Vélaz de Cabrera, was a noble from the Kingdom of León who played an important role during the reign of Alfonso IX. Through one of his sons descends the Ponc
Vela Gutiérrez
…had alienated their portions of the monastery of Lapedo to Gonzalo's brother Pedro Alfonso. Vela and Sancha had six sons—Fernando, García, Juan, Pedro, Ponce and Rodrigo—and one daughter, María. On 5 June 1181 the three brothers Fernando, Juan and Pedro and Suero Meléndez granted an estate they had inherited…
Ruins of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Nogales