Garci Méndez de Sotomayor, conquistador de Córdoba

• Preferred Name: Garci Méndez de Sotomayor, conquistador de Córdoba^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LT84-PGC
  
• Death: Y with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: ABT 1220 in Spain at LATI: N0.43 LONG: E4 with note: When he married it was as an established soldier in the royal entourage. As such he was almost certainly more than 20 years older thean his eldest children.
  
• MilitaryService: Conquistador de Córdoba with note: See sources
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Garci Mendez de Sotomayor cafò con doña Terefa Fernandez de Saavedra, en quien tuvo a Alonfo Garcia de Sotomayor. NOBLEZA DEL ANDALVZIA Por Gonçalo Argote de Molina, Sevilla 1588. Svcession de Don Sancho Martinez de Xodar Adelantado mayor de la frontera Señor de las villas de Xodar, y Bedmar, y el Carpio, y relacion del linage y Armas de Sotomayor. Cap. IIII. Pág. 139
  
  Succedió en los heredamientos de su padre en Cordoba. Conquistdor de Cordoba, donde logró repartimientos en el Lugar de Alcocer con su padre D. Pedro, su tio Suero Mendez de Sotomayor, y sus primos Ruy Paez de Sotomayor, y Garci Mendez, todos los quales tubieron alli cinco yugadas de repartimiento, año, y vez, con D. Ovieco Garcia, Cavallero muy famoso en las conquistas de este Reyno, succedió en todos estos repartimientos, que constaban de treinta yugadas de tierra con sus Huertas, Higuerales, y Viñas, todas las quales recayeron despues en su neito Garci Mendez de Sotomayor, poblador d ela Villa del carpio enmedio de todos estos Donadios, donde se hicieron Dehesas, exidos, Eras, Pozos, y otras divisiones, como todo consta de la citada memoria de Donadios... Casa de Cabrera en Córdoba, P. Francisco Ruano Libro Segundo,Capítulo IX. De Diego de Cabrera, IX Señor de la Casa de Albolafias, Veintiquatro de Cordoba. Pág163
  
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  === House of Méndez de Sotomayor ===
  House of Méndez de Sotomayor
  
  Coat of Arms of the House of Méndez de Sotomayor.
  The House of Méndez de Sotomayor is a branch of the House of Sotomayor[1] that rose to prominence during King Ferdinand III of Castile's reign and went on to found the Señorio del Castillo de Carpio. The house was known for its service to both the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Spain.
  
  The House of Méndez de Sotomayor was the branch of the House of Sotomayor or Soutomaior that held title over the Señorio del Castillo de Carpio and the later Marquesado. The family was originally landed with title over Soutomaior, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia. Indeed, this original branch of the family would reach levels of significant prominence in the early 18th century with the creation of the Ducado de Sotomayor under Fernando Yáñez de Sotomayor Lima y Brito in 1703. The Méndez de Sotomayor branch of the family made it into the service of the Kingdom of Castile and participated in the Reconquista campaigns in Cordoba.
  The house was founded by Don Men Paez Sorred, a Ricohombre of Alfonso VII of Castile.
  By the mid 13th century, Ferdinand III of Castile was involved in a series of Reconquista campaigns against the Caliphate of Córdoba and other minor Christian and Moorish territories in the area around El Carpio, Andalucía, Province of Córdoba as a part of his campaign for Alcocer (Al-Qusayr). After victory in this campaign in 1240, Ferdinand III divvied the land up between the Castilian crown and the nobles who took part in the campaign as Señorios and other titles tied to the Castilian crown. Heavily involved in the fighting, the House of Sotomayor was awarded much of the land principally in the area around El Carpio. By 1325, the Sotomayor lands, passed down by various family members, were collected and amassed by Garcí Méndez II de Sotomayor[2][3] who was responsible for the founding of the Señorio del Castillo de Carpio. The foundation of the Señorio is generally placed at 1325, the year that the tower at El Carpio was completed. The tower and its surrounding fortifications would serve as the center of administration for the Señorio and the Marquesado of Carpio until the title became associated with the Dukes of Alba.
  Eventually, parts of this branch of the House of Sotomayor would merge through marriage with the House of Haro and the titles over El Carpio would be elevated in 1559 to a Marquesado with Grandesa de España under Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor.
  
  References[edit]
  1. ^ Ruano, Francisco; Ribadas, Joannes (1779) [1779]. Casa de Cabrera en Cordoba: obra genealogica historica, dedicada a el señor D. Fernando de Cabrera, Mendez de Sotomayor ... que lleva en Cordoba la unica linea de Varones agnados de esta casa [The House of Cabrera in Cordoba: Genealogical Historical Work Dedicated to Señor D. Fernando de Cabrera, Mendez de Sotomayor ... Who has in Cordoba, the only lineage descended from this house.] (Google Books) (in Spanish). Originally from University of Lausanne (Digital (17 Nov 2008) ed.). The office of D. Juan Rodriguez. p. 162. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via Web.
  2. ^ "García Méndez de Sotomayor, I señor del Carpio". geni.com/. Geni. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b Guevara y Váldes, Eduardo Pardo de (2005). Actas de la XI Reunión Americana de Genealogía [Acts of the 11th American Reunion of Genealogy] (in Spanish). Instituto Padre Sarmiento de Estudios Gallegos (Santiado de Compostela). Xunta, Galacia: Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. pp. 461–466. ISBN 8400083369. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  
  === Senhores de Mendez de Sotomayor ===
  Don Men Paez Sorred ?–? Ricohombre of King Alfonso VII of Castile
  Pedro Méndez I de Sotomayor ?–1096 Bishop of Orense
  Garci Méndez I de Sotomayor ?–?
  Alfonso García de Sotomayor ?–?
  Garci Méndez II de Sotomayor ?–? I Señor del Castillo de Carpio
  Garci Méndez III de Sotomayor ?-? II Señor del Castillo de Carpio
  Gomez Garcia de Sotomayor ?–? III Señor del Castillo de Carpio
  Garci Méndez IV de Sotomayor ?-? IV Señor del Castillo de Carpio
  Don Luis Méndez I de Sotomayor ?–? V Señor del Castillo de Carpio
  Garci Méndez V de Sotomayor ?–? VI Señor del Castillo de Carpio
  Luis Méndez II de Sotomayor ?–? VII Señor del Castillo de Carpio
  Beatriz Méndez de Sotomayor ?–1559 VIII Señora del Castillo de Carpio
  Diego Lopez de Haro y Sotomayor 1559-1582 IX or X Señor del Castillo de Carpio and I Marques del Carpio
  
  === Genealogy of 1588 : Nobleza del Andaluzia ... - Gonzalo Argote de Molina - Google Libros ===
  Garci Mendez de Sotomayor cafò with Doña Terefa Fernandez de Saavedra, in whom he had Alonfo Garcia de Sotomayor. NOBILITY OF ANDALVZIA By Gonçalo Argote de Molina, Seville 1588. Svcession of Don Sancho Martinez de Xodar Adelantado mayor of the border Lord of the villages of Xodar, and Bedmar, and the Carpio, and relation of the lineage and Arms of Sotomayor. Chapter IIII. Page 139
  
  It happened in the inheritances of his father in Cordoba. Conquestdor of Cordoba, where he achieved repartimientos in the Place of Alcocer with his father D. Pedro, his uncle Suero Mendez de Sotomayor, and his cousins Ruy Paez de Sotomayor, and Garci Mendez, all of whom had there five yugadas of distribution, year, and time, with D. Ovieco Garcia, Cavallero very famous in the conquests of this Kingdom, It happened in all these distributions, which consisted of thirty yugadas of land with its Huertas, Higuerales, and Viñas, all of which fell later on his neito Garci Mendez de Sotomayor, settler of Villa del carpio in the middle of all these Donadios, where Dehesas, exidos, Eras, Pozos, and other divisions were made, as everything consists of the aforementioned memory of Donadios ... Casa de Cabrera en Córdoba, P. Francisco Ruano Libro Segundo, Capítulo IX. By Diego de Cabrera, IX Lord of the House of Albolafias, Veintiquatro de Cordoba. Page 163

1. Mencía García de Sotomayor, b. 1256 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, España     d. in Spain

1. Title: Garci Méndez (Meléndez) de Sotomayor, conquistador de Córdoba
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