Maria Aires de Fornelos Sancha González de Orbaneja María González Girón
Father
Vasco Fernandes de Soverosa
Mother
Teresa Gonçalves de Sousa
Gil Vázquez de Soverosa (died c. 1240) was a member of the nobility of the Kingdom of Portugal, of the Soverosa lineage which had its origins in Galicia. He appears frequently as a member of the curia regis confirming royal charters of Kings Sancho I, Afonso II, and Afonso III of Portugal.
Biography
His parents were Vasco Fernandes de Soverosa and Teresa Gonçalves de Sousa, daughter of Gonçalo Mendes de Sousa, a patron of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Pombeiro, and Dórdia Viegas. Three of his sons benefited from the Repartimiento after the conquest of Seville in 1248.[1]
Tenente in several places in Portugal, including Barros in 1207; Sousa between 1234 and 1235; Barroso from 1207 to 1240; and, Panóias and Montealegre,[2] he owned numerous properties in the Guimarães region and was Lord of Sobroso Castle in Vilasobroso.[3] Gil Vasques de Soverosa died around 1240 and was buried at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Pombeiro.[4]
Sobroso Castle
Marriage and issue
He married three times. The first marriage was before April 1175 with Maria Aires de Fornelos,[4][5] who died around 1212.[a] daughter of Aires Nunes de Fornelos and Mor Pais (Mayor Peláez), and granddaughter of Soeiro Mendes da Maia, a member of the powerful Maia lineage.[b][7] Before her marriage, she had two children out of wedlock with King Sancho I of Portugal; Martim and Urraca Sanches. From the marriage of Gil Vasques and Maria Aires, the following children were born:
Martim Gil de Soverosathe Goodman (died c. 1259), married to Inés Fernández de Castro,[8] the daughter of Fernán Gutiérrez de Castro and Milia Íñiguez de Mendoza. A daughter of this marriage, Teresa Martins de Soverosa was the wife of Rodrigo Eanes de Meneses, the parents of João Afonso Telo, the 1st Count of Barcelos and 4th Lord of Alburquerque.[9]
His second marriage at around 1212 was with Sancha González de Orbaneja, They had three children:[9][5]
Vasco Gil de Soverosa, a troubadour who took part in the conquest of Andalusia where he was given land in the repartimiento of Seville.[11][12] He married Fruilhe Fernandes de Riba de Vizela.[12]
^She appears at the Monastery of Santo Tirso in April 1175 with Urraca and Martim Sanches making a donation to some relatives, which shows that the children born of her relationship with King Sancho I of Portugal had been born before that date.[6]
^In her will executed before 1212, María Aires asked to be buried at the Monastery of Santo Tirso with her grandfather Soeiro Mendes da Maila. She also mentions her brother Soeiro and a nephew named Pedro Soares.[6]
^On June 6, 1261, Pedro Núñez de Guzmán, Adelantado of Castile exchanged some properties with his sister Sancha Gil with the consent of her husband Alfonso López de Haro.[16]
^On November 12, 1257, King Alfonso X gave Sancha Gil, the second wife of Alfonso López de Haro, the villages of Velilla de Ocón and Dehesa de Árbol del Rey[18]
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