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Arias Pérez
Arias Pérez or Peres (''fl.'' 1110–1129) was a Galician knight and military leader in the Kingdom of León. According to modern scholar Richard Fletcher, he was "active, resourceful, spirited and persuasive", and the contemporary ''Historia compostellana'' says that he was "so eloquent that he could turn black into white and white into black", although he "was not of the great nobility" (''non fuit tamen magnae nobilitatis''). Family Arias's father, Pedro Arias, was described as a "knight of Deza" (''miles de Deza'') in a document of 1115.Fletcher, 157–60. Arias first met Diego Gelmírez, future Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, in childhood. Diego's father Gelmirio was also a Galician knight. At some point Pedro granted an estate, a portion of a certain ''Villa nova'', probably Vilanova de Arousa in Deza, to the church of nearby Compostela. His brother Luzo (Lucius) Arias made a similar donation. On 11 January 1096 Pedro and his brother subscribed a charter whereby Raym ...
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Arias
In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger work. The typical context for arias is opera, but vocal arias also feature in oratorios and cantatas, or they can be stand-alone concert arias. The term was originally used to refer to any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. Etymology The Italian term ''aria'', which derives from the Greek ἀήρ and Latin ''aer'' (air), first appeared in relation to music in the 14th century when it simply signified a manner or style of singing or playing. By the end of the 16th century, the term 'aria' refers to an instrumental form (cf. Santino Garsi da Parma lute works, 'Aria del Gran Duca'). By the early 16th century it was in common use as meaning a simple setting of strophic poetry; melo ...
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Urraca Of León And Castile
Urraca (also spelled ''Hurraca'', ''Urracha'' and ''Hurracka'' in medieval Latin) is a female first name. In Spanish, the name means magpie, derived perhaps from Latin ''furax'', meaning "thievish", in reference to the magpie's tendency to collect shiny items. The name may be of Basque origin, as suggested by onomastic analysis. *Urraca (9th century), purported wife of García Íñiguez of Pamplona *Urraca bint Qasi (fl. 917–929), wife of Fruela II of León * Urraca Sánchez of Pamplona (10th century), wife of Ramiro II of León *Urraca Fróilaz (fl. 969–978), wife of Aznar Purcelliz *Urraca Garcés (died before 1008), wife of Fernán González of Castile and William II Sánchez of Gascony * Urraca Fernández (died 1005/7), wife of Ordoño III of León, Ordoño IV of León and of Sancho II of Pamplona *Urraca of Covarrubias (died 1038), abbess and daughter of García Fernández of Castile *Urraca, apparently Gómez (died 1039), wife of Sancho García of Castile *Urraca ...
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Gutierre Vermúdez
Gutierre Vermúdez (or Gutier Bermúdez) (died 1130) was a nobleman of the Kingdom of León, with interests primarily in Galicia, mainly in the northeast, around Lugo. He was a strong and loyal supporter of both Queen Urraca (1109–26) and the Emperor Alfonso VII (1126–57). Gutierre was a son of Vermudo Ovéquiz, a son of Count Oveco Vermúdez. His mother was Jimena Peláez, daughter of Pelayo Fróilaz and Aldonza Ordóñez. (At that time it was customary for children to have a given name and a patronymic; Ovéquiz is son or daughter of Oveco, Peláez of Pelayo, Pérez of Pedro, etc.) Gutierre was a relative of the Vela family and a brother of Suero Vermúdez. He married Toda Pérez, daughter of Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and Mayor Rodríguez de Bárcena, some time before 18 January 1117. In 1125 she made a donation to the monastery of Carboeiro. After her husband's death, on 1 March 1143 she joined her brother Rodrigo Pérez and her son Vela Gutiérrez in making a donation t ...
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Gómez Núñez Of Toroño
Gómez (frequently anglicized as Gomez) is a common Spanish patronymic surname meaning "son of Gome". The Portuguese and Old Galician version is Gomes, while the Catalan form is Gomis. The given name ''Gome'' is derived from the Visigothic word ''guma'', "man", with multiple Germanic cognates with the same meaning (Old English ''guma'', Middle English ''gome'')/''gomo'' High Old German ''gomo'', Middle High German ''gome''), which are related to Latin ''homo'', "man".Duden, ''Das Herkunftswörterbuch: Etymologie der deutschen Sprache'' (in German), Band 7, Duden Verlag 1989. p. 96. ''Bräutigam''. __NOTOC__ People Notable people with the surname include: A–E * Alejandro "Papu" Gómez (born 1988), Argentine footballer * Amaranta Gómez Regalado (born 1977), Mexican anthropologist * Ana Sofía Gómez (born 1995), Guatemalan artistic gymnast * Andrés Gómez (born 1960), Ecuadorian tennis player * Arthur Gómez (born 1984), Gambian footballer * Beatrice Luigi Gomez (born 1995 ...
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Merindad
''Merindad'' () is a Mediaeval Spanish administrative term for a country subdivision smaller than a province but larger than a municipality. The officer in charge of a merindad was called a merino, roughly equivalent to the English ''count'' or '' bailiff''. It was used in the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre. Connected to the birth of Castile, the Merindades, standing for a northernmost ''comarca'' of the province of Burgos, was part of the creation of the administrative division by King Peter. Currently, the Foral Community of Navarre is still divided into five ''merindades'' standing for different judicial districts. The historic ''Merindad de Ultrapuertos'' lying to the north of the Pyrenees is nowadays Lower Navarre. Administratively, they have been substituted by the ''partido judicial''. In Biscay, the ''mancomunidades comarcales'' keep the place of the old ''merindades'', such as Duranguesado. See also * Partidos of Buenos Aires, a second-level administrative su ...
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Homage (feudal)
Homage (from Medieval Latin , lit. "pertaining to a man") in the Middle Ages was the ceremony in which a feudal tenant or vassal pledged reverence and submission to his feudal lord, receiving in exchange the symbolic title to his new position ( investiture). It was a symbolic acknowledgement to the lord that the vassal was, literally, his man (''homme''). The oath known as "fealty" implied lesser obligations than did "homage". Further, one could swear "fealty" to many different overlords with respect to different land holdings, but "homage" could only be performed to a single liege, as one could not be "his man" (i.e., committed to military service) to more than one "liege lord". There have been some conflicts about obligations of homage in history. For example, the Angevin monarchs of England were sovereign in England, i.e., they had no duty of homage regarding those holdings; but they were not sovereign regarding their French holdings. Henry II was king of England, but he ...
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Fernando Yáñez
Fernando Yáñez (flourished 1112–1157) was a minor Galician nobleman—a ''miles'', or mere knight—who rose in rank in the service of Queen Urraca (1109–26) and King Alfonso VII (1126–57). He eventually became the royal military commander charged with the defence of the Limia on the border between Galicia and Portugal. Contemporary sources call him the "prince" and "duke" of Limia. Parentage ''Yáñez'' (or ''Eanes'') is a patronymic meaning "son of John". Fernando's father was Juan Ramírez, a vicar (''vicarius'') of Count Raymond of Galicia. In 1095 he was charged, as Raymond's '' merino'', with delimiting the estate of the bishopric of Tui. In August 1097 he, as vicar, was helping Raymond secure his authority over the region of Toroño, since the county of Portugal just south of Toroño had recently been taken from Raymond and bestowed on Henry of Burgundy. In 1099 Juan was acting in Jallas at the same time as he was serving as ''villicus'' in Salnés. He ha ...
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Lobeira, Spain
Lobeira (Spanish Lobera) is a municipality in the province of Ourense in the Galicia Galicia may refer to: Geographic regions * Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain ** Gallaecia, a Roman province ** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia ** The medieval King ... region of north-west Spain. It had a population of 809 inhabitants in 2016. References Municipalities in the Province of Ourense {{Galicia-geo-stub ...
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