Pedro Ansúrez Conde de Lièbana Saldaña y Carrion

• Preferred Name: Pedro Ansúrez Conde de Lièbana Saldaña y Carrion^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: Pedro Ansúrez
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 9 de septiembre de 1119 in Valladolid, Castilla y León, España at LATI: N1.6521 LONG: E4.7285
  
• Birth: 1037 in Valladolid, Castilla y León, España at LATI: N1.6521 LONG: E4.7285
  
• Burial: 1119 in Valladolid, Castilla y León, España at LATI: N1.6521 LONG: E4.7285 with note: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (no estandarizado)
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Conde de Liébana, Carrión y Saldaña
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Señor de Valladolid
  
• FSID: GW9G-C45
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Pedro Ansúrez, Conde de Liébana y de Saldaña y Carrión.
  
  Pedro Ansúrez era descendiente de la familia Beni Gómez, hijo de Ansur Díaz y Justa Fernández, se caso dos veces, la primera con Doña Eylo hija de Alfonso Muñoz del valle de Trigueros, y la segunda con Elvira Sánchez.
  
  Cuando apenas tenía veinte años el Rey Fernando I le nombra maestro de armas, y consejero de su segundo hijo, Alfonso.
  
  Fue unos de los nobles más cercanos al rey Alfonso VI, a quien acompañó en 1072 a su destierro en Toledo. Pedro, junto con sus hermanos Fernando y Gonzalo ayudaron a Alfonso VI a recuperar el trono.
  
  Alfonso VI entregó años después a Pedro Ansúrez y su mujer Eilo la crianza de su hija Urraca Alfónsez, que llegó a suceder a su padre en el trono y fue esposa de Alfonso I el Batallador de Aragón.
  
  Ansúrez poseía las tierras que por entonces eran limítrofes con el Reino de Castilla, y que iban desde la Liébana a Cuéllar donde también se tienen noticias de repoblaciones suyas.
  
  Adelantándose a su época, concibió para sus dominios un plan que no estaba fundado en criterios militares. Cerca de la confluencia del Esgueva con el Pisuerga existía una aldea de menos de media docena de moradores dedicados a la agricultura. Sobre este lugar precisamente ideó levantar una ciudad que fuera la nueva capital de sus vastos estados.
  
  Alfonso rey de León y Castilla, le dio a Pedro Ansúrez en el año 1072 el señorío de Valladolid y le encargó su repoblación, que realizó con diversas gentes de sus condados palentinos de Saldaña y Carrión. Hasta que Alfonso VI otorga el señorío de la misma al conde Pedro Ansúrez, no se produjo el crecimiento de la ciudad que se desarrolló enormemente durante su vida.
  
  Después de intensa y rápida actividad, en mayo de 1095 con asistencia del rey emperador de León y los obispos de Oviedo, Lugo, León, Astorga y Palencia y eI abad de Sahagún, así como del obispo de Burgos y el arzobispo de Toledo y destacados cortesanos de los reinos de León y de Castilla, se consagraba solemnemente la iglesia de Santa María de Valladolid.
  
  Don Pedro hizo construir un palacio para él y su esposa, que no se conserva, y que luego pasó a ser el Hospital de Esgueva. y el Puente Mayor sobre el río Pisuerga así como edificios religiosos como la iglesia de Santa María la Antigua, la Iglesia de San Nicolás y la Colegiata de Santa María (en el lugar donde actualmente esta la Catedral).
  
  Al enviudar su hija María de su marido el conde de Urgel, Ermengol V, Pedro Ansúrez se trasladó al condado catalán como protector de su nieto Ermengol VI. Allí vivió entre los años 1102 y 1108, tomando parte activa junto con Ramón Berenguer III en la conquista de Balaguer.
  
  A la muerte de Pedro Ansúrez en 1118, heredó el gobierno de Valladolid su nieto el conde Armengol VI de Urgel y II de Valladolid, poderoso magnate que a los paternos dominios catala­nes de Urgel unió los maternos leoneses de la Tierra de Campos.
  
  === The Plantagenet Ancestry ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.4, 46, 71, 200; TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DES SOUVERAINS DE LA FRANCE ET SEU GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22G) TAB 26; TABLETTES CHRONOLOGIQUES (GS NUMBER 944 D22T) P.158;
  
  === De la familia de los Beni-Gomez. La rei ===
  De la familia de los Beni-Gomez. La reina Urraca se crio en su casa y fue uno de los fieles amigos de Alfonso VI.

• m. AFT 27 MAR 1063

• m. 17 JUN 1084

1. Mayor Pérez, b. 1075 in Sahagún, León, Castilla y León, España    
2. Elvira Ansurez Alfonso, b. 1083 in Toledo, Castilla, La Mancha, España.     d. 1155

1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SPANISH%20NOBILITY%20LATER%20MEDIEVAL.htm#PedroAnsurezdied1117;
   Note: PEDRO Ansúrez, son of conde ANSUR Díaz & his [first/third wife ---] (-9 Sep 1119). "Iusta" donated “Uilla de Don Uascon in Aratoi medietate et illa ratione de Annaia Rodriquiz et de domna Tota sua germana...et in Aratoi, in Bustello de Flavio...et in riuulo Aratoi in Quintanella de Petro Ansuriz” to Sahagún by charter dated 27 Mar 1063[947]. Mayordomo of Alfonso VI King of León 24 Jul 1067 to 3 Sep 1067. “...Petro Assurez, Didaco Assurez...” confirmed the charter dated 26 Aug 1069 under which “Iuliana cum sorore mea domna Paterna” donated "portionem in...cimiterio Sancti Felicis cum decanis suis..." to Sahagún[948]. Conde: “...Petrus Assuriz comis...” confirmed the charter dated 1 Nov 1070 under which "Petro Petriz" donated “Uillanoba...in Escobare” to the monastery of San Mancio[949]. “...Petro Assuriz...” confirmed the charter dated 13 Jan [1071] under which “Adosinda Gutterriz Christi ancilla” donated "in Uilla Ordonio, medietate..." to Sahagún[950]. "...Petro Ansurriz comes..." subscribed the charter dated 1 May 1071 under which “Ildonza comitissa prolis Gundisaluo Munniz” donated “hereditatibus...in Ualle Leuanago...in Bobatella...in Sancta Cruce” to Sahagún[951]. "...Petro Ansuriz comes..." confirmed the charter dated 15 Oct 1071 under which King Alfonso VI granted “hereditates secus flubio Estola, territorio Aquilare...” to “soror mea domina Urracca”[952]. “Petro Assuriz comes...Didaco Assuriz...” confirmed the charter dated 1 Jul 1073 under which “Fredinandus Flainiz” donated "hereditatem...in locum...Uilla Farauellos subtus Aucter Morisco iuxta Ceia” to Sahagún[953]. In Toro and Zamora, Santa María de Carrión, Cabezon, Saldaña y Liébana. "Ruderigo Didaz" accepted as his wife "Scemena filia Didago ducis de terra Asturiense" and granted property "in territorio Kastelle…in Cavia" to her, with "comes Petro Assuriz et comes Garsea Ordonniz" as guarantors, by charter dated 19 Jul 1074[954]. "…Petrus Ansuriz…" subscribed the charter dated 17 Aug 1077 which records an agreement between Bishop Diego Peláez and the abbot of Antealtares, San Fagundo[955]. “…Petri Assuriz…” subscribed the charter dated 18 Apr 1081 under which “Ranimirus filius Garsie regis et Stefanie regina” donated property to Santa María de Nájera[956]. The last reference to him is dated 9 Dec 1117[981]. The necrology of León Cathedral records the death “V Id Sep...era MCXVIIII” of “Petrus comes Ansuret”[982]. m firstly as her second husband, JUSTA ---, widow of RODRIGO ---, daughter of --- (-[7 May 1063/1070]). "Iusta" donated “Uilla de Don Uascon in Aratoi medietate et illa ratione de Annaia Rodriquiz et de domna Tota sua germana...et in Aratoi, in Bustello de Flavio...et in riuulo Aratoi in Quintanella de Petro Ansuriz” to Sahagún by charter dated 27 Mar 1063[983]. "Iusta...cum filiabus meis" donated “in Quintanella monasterium Sancti Saluatoris” to Sahagún, for the souls of “viro meo Petro Assuriz et filio meo Gunsaluo”, by charter dated 27 Mar 1063, which also records that she donated “villas in Quintanella in Bustello et Flauis et in Uilla Don Uascon terciam partem vel quant cum illi quadrat inter suas germanas” for the soul of “filii mei Martino Rodriquiz”[984]. Pedro & his first wife had [one child]: 1. [GONZALO [Pérez] (-after 7 May 1063). "Iusta...cum filiabus meis" donated “in Quintanella monasterium Sancti Saluatoris” to Sahagún, for the souls of “viro meo Petro Assuriz et filio meo Gunsaluo”, by charter dated 27 Mar 1063, which also records that she donated “villas in Quintanella in Bustello et Flauis et in Uilla Don Uascon terciam partem vel quant cum illi quadrat inter suas germanas” for the soul of “filii mei Martino Rodriquiz”[997]. It is not certain whether Gonzalo was his mother´s son by her first or second marriage.] m secondly (before [1070]) EILO Alfonso, daughter of conde ALFONSO Muñoz & his wife condesa Aldonza González (-[1110/13 Jun 1113]). Considering the marriage dates of the couple's daughters, it is unlikely that this marriage took place after [1070], although that is late assuming that the birth date of Pedro Ansúrez is correct as shown above. "Fernando Ermegildiz et uxor mea donna Juliana et filiis nostris" sold property to "comite Petro Asuriz et uxor vestra Ailoni comedissa" by charter dated 17 Jun 1084[985]. "Comes Petrus Assurez et uxor mea comdessa domna Elo" donated property to the abbey of Silos by charter dated 1085, witnessed by "Guthier Thelez, Munio Blasquez de Campos, Flayn Fernandez, Pelagio Dominguez, Didacus Vermudez, Gutier Gundisalviz, Fredinando Rodriguez"[986]. "Comes Petrus Ansuriz" donated "hereditatem patris mei quas dimisit germano meo comitis Didaco Ansuriz et germanas meas relinquid filie sue…Geluira Didaz" to León Cathedral, with the consent of "congiugis mee comitissa domna Eilo et filiorum atque filiarum", for the souls of "patris mei comitis Ansur Didaz atque sue mulieris comitisse domne Iuste immo germani mei comitis Didaci Ansuriz et supprine mee…Geluira Didaz", by charter dated to [1088/91][987]. Pedro & his second wife had [six] children: 2. ALFONSO Pérez (-8 Dec 1093, bur Sahagún). 3. MAYOR Pérez (-after 23 Apr 1148). 4. Unattested daughter [--- . m GÓMEZ ---, son of ---.] One child 5. URRACA Pérez (-before 17 Sep 1114). 6. MARÍA Pérez (-after 1129). 7. [MILIA Ansúrez . m thirdly (before 18 Sep 1114) ELVIRA Sánchez, daughter of conde SANCHO & his wife ---. Assuming that the birth date of Pedro Ansúrez is correct as shown above, he would have been over 75 years old at the time of this second marriage. "Comes Petrus Assur filius…mandante Saldania et Capizon" donated property to Valladolid Santa María, for the soul of "uxori meæ comitissa Eiloni", by charter dated 17 Sep 1114, confirmed by "comitissa Eluira Sangiz…"[994]. "Comes Petrus Assur filius et […uxor mea] comitissa Eluira Sanccius filia" donated property to Valladolid Santa María, by charter dated 18 Sep 1114[995]. “Comes Petrus Asiuris” granted “vinea...[et] in...orto de los Morales” to “don Martino meo clerico” by charter dated 19 Nov 1115, confirmed by “comitisa Elvira Sangiz, Sancia Gomiz, Azenar Sangiz maiordomo...”[996].
   
2. Title: Wikipedia: Pedro Ansúrez
   Author: Sources[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pedro Ansúrez. Barton, Simon F. The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Reilly, Bernard F. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under Queen Urraca 1109–1126. Princeton University Press: Princeton, 1982. Reilly, Bernard F. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI 1065–1109. Princeton University Press: Princeton, 1988. Rodríguez Fernández, J. Pedro Ansúrez. León: 1966.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Ans%C3%BArez;
   Note: Pedro Ansúrez (floruit 1065–1117; died probably 9 September 1118) was a Castilian nobleman, count of Liébana, Saldaña and Carrión in the closing decades of the eleventh century and the opening decades of the twelfth. He is considered the founder and first lord of Valladolid. Sarcophagus commissioned by Pedro for his young son Alfonso. Originally in the monastery of Sahagún, it is now in the museum of San Isidoro de León. His epitaph reads: "On the sixth day of the Ides of December in the year of the Era 1131 [10 December 1093] died Alfonso, the dear son of Count Pedro Ansúrez and Countess Eylo." Pedro was a descendant of the Beni Gómez family of Castilian nobility, the son of Ansur Díaz, by his first wife, whose name is unknown. His grandfather, Diego Fernández, was a count of Saldaña and Carrión. Pedro married twice, the first time by 17 June 1084 to Elo (or Eylo), daughter of Count Alfonso Muñoz and Aldonza González of Trigueros. She was dead by 17 September 1114, when Pedro made a donation for the good of her soul to the canons of the cathedral of Valladolid, and he appears the next day with his second wife, Elvira Sánchez, whom he may have wed some time before. Pedro had five children: Alfonso, Fernando, María, Mayor, and Urraca. Alfonso died young and his sarcophagus, commissioned by Pedro, can still be seen in the museum of Sahagún. Pedro and Elo's children were raised in the household of a lesser nobleman: that of Citi Álvarez and his wife Froilo, who were duly rewarded for their services with a grant of land. Pedro was one of the nobles closest to Alfonso VI of León and Castile, although the later claim that he was Alfonso's tutor or guardian during his youth must be dismissed, since the king and Pedro were of roughly the same age. During 24 July–3 September 1067 Pedro served as the majordomo of Alfonso's court. He was raised by the king to the rank of count perhaps as early as 22 November 1068, certainly before 1 November 1070, after which time he always signs charters using the title. In 1072, he accompanied Alfonso into exile in Toledo. Later, when Alfonso returned to inherit the kingdoms of León and Castile, Pedro and Eylo were charged with the repopulation of Valladolid. This they did with men from their counties of Saldaña and Carrión. However, the city really began to grow when its lordship was given to Pedro some years later. He became a prolific builder, constructing a large palace for himself and his wife, which has not survived, and a hospital. He built a bridge over the Pisuerga and many religious edifices, like the church of Santa María la Antigua and the Colegiata de Santa María, which served as the site of the cathedral (the bishop's seat). The environs of Valladolid formed the outer limits of the Kingdom of Castile at his time and Pedro was responsible for the repopulating of the region between Liébana and Cuéllar. His massive frontier district included the historically significant city of Toledo. In 1095, his lordship included Madrid. Around 1087, at the time of the marriage of Alfonso's eldest daughter and heiress apparent, Urraca, to Raymond of Burgundy, the king appointed Pedro to be her guardian (tutor), and she stayed at his court according to the later Primera Crónica General (late 13th century). This probably served to prevent the accumulation of too great influence in the hands of the French. Towards the end of the century, Pedro's power and influence were diminished by the extension of that of the Capetians Raymond and Henry of Burgundy. When his daughter María was widowed by the Count of Urgel, Ermengol V, Pedro transferred the guardianship of her son, Ermengol VI, to Raymond Berengar III of Barcelona. Between 1103 and 1108, Pedro was in exile in Urgell, having displeased Alfonso VI. He took an active part in the conquest of Balaguer. Pedro brought with him to Urgell his armour-bearer (armiger), a knight by the name of Íñigo Pérez. Only the greater magnates could afford to employ officers like this. The armiger, or alférez, was responsible for leading Pedro's mesnada (retinue) into battle. In 1114, out of fear of Hell, Pedro Ansúrez donated some land at Fuensaldaña to the church of Valladolid. In 1143, Sancho Ansúrez, Pedro's grandson by his daughter Urraca, introduced the Premonstratensian Order into Spain when he became abbot of Fuentesclaras, moved to Retuerta in 1146. Sancho had studied under Saint Norbert at Prémontré.
   
3. Title: Placa conmemorativa del estreno de la obra "Ansur", de Ernesto Monsalve y Carlos Aganzo, en la Catedral de Valladolid
   Author: https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Ans%C3%BArez
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/103236637;