Sueiro Gomes de Soutomaior (1417 - ca.1490) was an important aristocrat in the

kingdom of Galicia The Kingdom of Galicia ( gl, Reino de Galicia, or ''Galiza''; es, Reino de Galicia; pt, Reino da Galiza; la, Galliciense Regnum) was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire north ...

during the 15th century, heir to a lineage dating back at least to his great-grandmother, the great admiral and Galician earl Pai Gomes Charinho. He lived a hard time with serious tensions between nobles and peasants, was lord of Lantañón,

Rianxo Rianxo is a port town and municipality in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña. It has a population of a little over 15,000 and its two main industries are fishing and tourism. The town's yearly c ...

, Insua and Vea, bearing the title of marshal.

Family

Son of Paio Gomes de Soutomaior and Maior Mendoça (niece of Archbishop Lope de Mendoça) was born around the year 1417 being half-brother of the famous "Pedro Madruga", he married Leonor Vasques de Insua.

Irmandiños War

Sueiro was one of the nobles who fought the Irmandiños move, it intended to reduce in the

the power of nobility against the peasants and little nobles favored economically. Due to this anti-Irmandiños stance, he signed at November 3, 1470,De victoria en derrota
/ref> a secret pact against Archbishop Fonseca, the Marquise de Astorga and the Brotherhood, in which he participates with seven other high nobles of the kingdom, Pedro Alvarez Osorio, John de Zúñiga, Sancho de Ulloa, Pedro Alvares de Soutomaior, Lopes Sanches de Moscoso, Diego de Andrade and Diego de Lemos. As result of this pact, he took sides in the battle of Altamira (held on June 13, 1471) for the coalition of the nobles of the kingdom formed by Gomes Peres of the Navy, Diego de Andrade, Pedro Alvares de Soutomaior and But Pardo de Cela, among other for trying to stop the riots against the great Galician lords. Since the victory against the armies headed by Alonso de Lanzos and the archbishop Fonseca, it's told that Sueiro self-proclaimed "Marshal."

War of the Castilian Succession

During the

War of the Castilian Succession The War of the Castilian Succession was the military conflict contested from 1475 to 1479 for the succession of the Crown of Castile fought between the supporters of Joanna 'la Beltraneja', reputed daughter of the late monarch Henry IV of Castile ...

when was disputed the legitimacy between Elizabeth and

Joanna of Castile Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), historically known as Joanna the Mad ( es, link=no, Juana la Loca), was the nominal Queen of Castile from 1504 and Queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555. She was married by arrangement to P ...

, nicknamed by his enemies, "La Beltraneja". Sueiro was politically neutral, but he never was opposed to a possible integration of the

in the Portuguese crown, as dowry of Princess Joanna.

Descendency

From marriage Eleanor Vazques de Insua, was born: * Ines de Mendoça e Soutomaior

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes De Soutomaior, Sueiro 1417 births 1490 deaths People from Galicia (Spain) 15th-century Castilians