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Íñigo López de Viscaya



Preferred Parents:
Father: Lope Velasquez de Viscaya Blanco, b. 950 in Vizcaya, País Vasco, España   d. AFT 1057
Mother: Usenda Ramírez Godínez, b. 950 in España   d. 1010

Family 1: Toda Ortiz de Aulestia,    b. 1000 in País Vasco, España   
  1. Sancho Íñiguez, b. 1016 in Vizcaya, País Vasco, España     d. 1070
Family 2: Toda Fortúnez,    b. 1016 in Vizcaya, País Vasco, España    d. 1066 in Vizcaya, País Vasco, España
  1. Sancho Íñiguez Bermúdez, b. 1075 in Álava, País Vasco, España     d. 1155
Family 3: Toda Díaz Ortíz de Nájera,    b. 966    d. 1076
  1. Juliana Iñiguez de Avalos, b. 1039 in New Castile, España    
Sources:
  1. Title: Real Academia de Historia - Biografía de Lopez Iñigo
    Author: Real Academia de Historia (also known as Royal Academy of History)
    Publication: Name: http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/43965/inigo-lopez;
    Note: Lopez, Inigo . Ezquerra. Lord of Biscay (I). ?, pts xi – 1076. Tenente of Nájera and head of García Sánchez III, king of Pamplona and Nájera. He was one of the main magnates of the kingdom of Pamplona-Nájera during the second third of the 11th century and the historical lineage of the lords of Vizcaya started from him. The analysis of the currently preserved documentation allows us to discard legendary kinships and conjecture that his father was one of the magnates named Lope confirmed by the documents of the Pamplona monarch Sancho III el Mayor;Balparda assumes that it is Lope Velázquez, Lord of Ayala, Mena and Somorrostro, but it is only a hypothesis. In 1053, he appears already married to Toda Ortiz, daughter of the royal tutor Fortunio Sánchez, whom he widowed before 1076; The names of five offspring are known from this marriage: Lope (who inherited the lordship of Vizcaya), Sancho (died before 1070), Mencía, Galindo, García and Fortunio (these last two held palatine positions in the kingdom of Aragon). In all his first documentary appearances, between 1043 and 1076, he appears as Count of Biscay, exercising his jurisdictional powers over this territory on behalf of the Monarchy of Pamplona. In Vizcaya he also concentrated a large part of his patrimonial interests; His possessions are located in Axpe-Busturia, San Juan de Gaztelugache, Bermeo, Gorrítiz, Madariaga, Urrequeña, Gatica, Gorrondo, Bertendona, etc. Among his properties, the Madariaga palaces stand out, centers from which to exercise his administrative powers, and his own churches which, like the Axpe monastery, were sources of tax revenue and spiritual benefits. In 1051 his title was broken down into the spaces of Vizcaya and Durango, surely to indicate his pre-eminence over his subordinate the count of Durango Munio López. From his original patrimonial and jurisdictional responsibilities in Vizcaya, his fidelity to García Sánchez III and Sancho Garcés IV, whose documents he frequently confirmed, made him one of the main magnates of the kingdom of Pamplona-Nájera. He assumed the political lines of the Monarchy of Pamplona against the territorial claims of Castile. He donated properties in Vizcaya to the monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla, in 1051 and 1070, and San Juan de la Peña, in 1053, following the strategy of the Monarchs themselves consisting of expanding the network of interests of these great owners to all the territories of the kingdom in order to link them in defense of their territorial integrity. His fidelity to the Monarchy of Pamplona even led him to support royal initiatives that meant a decrease in his own income: García III granted him the courtly position of maestresala in 1042, becoming part of the palatium regis. From the hands of Sancho Garcés IV, he expanded his scope of government by receiving possession of Nájera, the nerve center of the kingdom, from 1064; the previous tenant of this city had been his father-in-law Fortunio Sánchez, tutor of García III who met his death along with his King in the battle of Atapuerca. Taking advantage of his jurisdictional capacity over the area, he made patrimonial acquisitions around the city of Najerilla: specifically, the town of Camprovín, bought from the monarch Sancho IV himself, as well as undetermined properties in Nájera.
  2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Íñigo López - Published information: birth-name: Iñigo Lopez
    Note: Published information: birth-name: Iñigo Lopez Published information: male Published information: birth: about 0970; País Vasco, Spain Published information: nobility-title: VI Soberano de Vizcaya, Durango y Nagera;
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245036800
  3. Title: Wikipedia Íñigo López (different article)
    Publication: Name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8D%C3%B1igo_L%C3%B3pez;
    Note: Íñigo López (floruit 1040–1076; dead by 1079?) was the first Lord of Biscay.[1] Although the date is not known precisely, Íñigo's government of Biscay began between 1040 and 1043 at the latest.[2] He was appointed of the king, García Sánchez III of Navarre, and did not govern Biscay by hereditary right.[3] At some point during the 1040s he received or inherited the rank of count (comes in Latin). Around the end of his life he began using the style "by the grace of God" (gratia Dei), recorded for the first time written in legal documents after 1072. This style indicated a new claim to govern Biscay through the agency of God (i.e., by right) and not merely at the king's will.[4] Íñigo's origins are obscure, but he may have been a son of Lope Velázquez de Ayala, a lord in Álava, Cantabria and nearby parts of Biscay. He married Toda Ortiz (Fortúnez), probably a daughter of Fortún Sánchez, the godfather of García Sánchez.[5] His father-in-law and García Sánchez both died in the Battle of Atapuerca in 1054 and Íñigo may have succeeded the former as tenente (lord "holding" the government on behalf of the king) in Nájera.[3] Documents place his rule in Nájera between 1063 and 1075, often through a vicar.[2] Besides Biscay and Nájera, Íñigo also ruled Durango.[6] In 1051, when García Sánchez granted fueros to Biscay, he officially associated Íñigo with him in the decree, as the head of the local aristocracy (omnes milites), recognising the rights and privileges of the monasteries.[7] Íñigo is further associated with monastic renovation by his making or confirming the donations of the churches (monasteria) of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Santa María de Mundaca, and Bermeo to San Juan de la Peña, and of Axpe de Busturia and San Martín de Yurreta to San Millán de la Cogolla.[2] In 1076, after the assassination of Sancho Garcés IV and the division of Navarre by the armies of his cousins, Sancho I of Aragon and Alfonso VI of León and Castile, Íñigo accepted the overlordship of the Leonese-Castilian monarch. In the surviving text of the fuero given to Nájera that year Íñigo's eldest son, Lope, appears swearing fealty to Alfonso, but he is not recorded in documents as count in Biscay until 1079. These dates being the termini ad et post quem of his death.[8] He is last recorded in a donation he made to San Millán on behalf of his late wife. In the donation he names as their children, beside Lope: García, Galindo, Mencía, and Sancho, who died young.
  4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: iñigo Lopez de Ezkerra - birth: 1000; Lleida, Cataluña, Spain
    Author: One World Tree (sm), Ancestry.com, Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.;, www.ancestry.com
    Note: birth: 1000; Lleida, Cataluña, Spain Source Medium: Ancestry.com birth: 1000; Lleida, Cataluña, Spain Source Medium: Ancestry.com death: Source Medium: Ancestry.com death: Source Medium: Ancestry.com Source Medium: Ancestry.com Source Medium: Ancestry.com
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244922896
  5. Title: Lima, Cândido Pinheiro Koren de. Albuquerque - A Herança de Jerônimo o Torto. Fundação Gilberto Freyre. 2ª ed. Recife: 2014, p. 252
  6. Title: Genealogía de la Casa de Haro, en Genealog.cl, www.genealog.cl/Apellidos/Haro -there are problems with this lineage and BIG mistakes along the way
    Publication: Name: http://www.genealog.cl/Apellidos/Haro -;
    Note: Lope VELÁSQUEZ (Lope NÚÑEZ) (WIKI01;SANZ1993), V° Señor Soberano de Vizcaya 1010; ▬ c.c. Usenda de LEÓN [h. Audonio de LEÓN y Elena GODÍNEZ]. Hijos registrados: Sancho López (WIKI01), tenente de Poza en 1047 y 1049. Fortún López (WIKI01), tenente de Tedeja hasta 1053. García de Botaya (García López) (WIKI01), + c. 1057; Monje en el Monasterio de San Juan de la Peña. Galindo López (WIKI01), junto a su hermano Iñigo López eran Señores de Ayala, Mena, Colindres, Baracaldo, Uharte y Somorrostro. Mencía López (WIKI01). Iñigo LÓPEZ (Iñigo LÓPEZ DE EZQUERRA) (WIKI01;SANZ1993;REYR1993), probablemente sea hijo de los padres indicados; n. 1025, + 1076; I° Señor Soberano de Vizcaya; tenente en Nájera y Durango (Vizcaya) hasta 1075; junto a su hermano Galindo eran Señores de Ayala, Mena, Colindres, Baracaldo, Uharte y Somorrostro; ▬ c. < 1051 c. Toda FORTÚNEZ (Toda ORTIZ; var. Elvira BERMÚDEZ) [tal vez es h. Fortún SÁNCHEZ y Toda GARCÉS (Toda GARCÍA DE VIGUERA)]. Hijos registrados: 1 Lope IÑIGUEZ (WIKI01;SANZ1993), hijo de Iñigo LÓPEZ y Toda FORTÚNEZ; n. c. 1050, + 1093; Conde; sucesor de su padre; tenente y II° Señor de Vizcaya; Señor de Alava, Guipúzcoa y Nájera; conquistador de Toledo junto al rey Alfonso VI de Castilla; ▬ c. < 1069 c. Ticlo DÍAZ (Tecla DÍAZ) [h. Diego ALVAREZ DE ASTURIAS (Diego ALVAREZ DE OCA) y Sancha DÍAZ DE VELASCO]. 2 Sancho IÑIGUEZ BERMÚDEZ (WIKI01;SANZ1993), hijo de Iñigo LÓPEZ y Toda FORTÚNEZ; + c. < 1070; falleció en vida de sus padres; está desarrollado en Sancho Iñiguez Bermúdez 3 García Iñiguez (WIKI01), hijo de Iñigo LÓPEZ y Toda FORTÚNEZ. 4 Galindo Iñiguez (WIKI01), hijo de Iñigo LÓPEZ y Toda FORTÚNEZ. 5 Fortún Iñiguez (WIKI01), hijo de Iñigo LÓPEZ y Toda FORTÚNEZ. This appears to be completely incorrect, Ramiro I married (1) Gerberge de Foix and (2) Agnes d'Aquitaine.
  7. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/VIZCAYA.htm#InigoLopezdied1077A;
    Note: ÍÑIGO López, son of LOPE Velásquez & his wife --- (-[1077]). The fact that Íñigo López was the son of Lope Velásquez is suggested by the charter of Leire monastery dated 1042 which is signed by “…Senior Lope Bellakiz et senior Galindo Bellakiz et senior Enneco Lopiz, confirmans…”[311]. The linking of these three names in the same phrase in the document suggests a close family relationship between them, which would be confirmed if Íñigo López was the son of Lope Velásquez. According to Llorente[312], Íñigo López was the son of a hypothetical “Lope Muñoz” who, he says, was the son of Munio López, husband of Velasquita daughter of Sancho I García King of Navarre, who is recorded as conde de Vizcaya in the source which records his marriage (see above). However, this suggested relationship appears impossible from a chronological point of view. Señor en Vizcaya. “…Senior Eneco Lopiz de Bizcaia…” subscribed charters of Leire monastery dated 13 Aug 1043 and 1047[313]. “…Senior Enneco Lopiz de Bizcaya…” subscribed a charter dated 26 Dec 1046 of Santa María la Real de Nájera[314]. Conde. "Senior Enneco Lopez…comiti…cum uxore mea domna Tota" donated property to the bishop of Álava by charter dated 30 Jan 1051, confirmed by "sennor Lope Garceiz Arratiensis, sennor Lope Blascoz Baracaldonensis, sennor Sancio Annussoiz Aberacanensis, domna Leguntia Esceverrianensis"[315]. "Garsea rex et…Stephania regina" donated property to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla by charter dated 29 May 1053, confirmed by "…comite Enneco Lopez…"[316]. Gomesano Bishop of Calahorra granted property to "senior Eximino Furtuniones et senior Sancio Furtuniones" by charter dated 19 Mar 1058, confirmed by "…senior Enneco Lopiz…"[317]. “Senior Sancho Fortunez” donated “monasterio…de San Miguel de Arendo” to the monastery of San Prudencio by charter dated 11 Apr 1063, subscribed by “…señor Iñigo Lopez en Nagera, señor domno Marcelo en Maranon”[318]. A charter dated 7 Apr 1064, under which "Sancio Haperrez de Torriziella" donated property to the monastery of Valbanera, names "…sub eius Ienneco Lopez in Naira" in the dating clause immediately following the name of the king of Navarre[319]. Señor en Nájera. Many other documents in this edition of Valbanera charters also include his name in the dating clause between 13 Feb 1066 and 10 Jan 1075, as the only named "dominator" in a region of Navarre, indicating his relative importance at the Navarrese court during this period. “…Senior Eneco Lopiz de Nagera” witnessed a charter dated 1065 under which “domna Sancha Auriel simulque filia mea Sancia Sancionis” sold properties to Leire[320]. “Comite Enneco Lopeç, dominator in Naiela…” confirmed a charter of Sancho IV King of Navarre dated 7 Dec 1071[321]. "Sancius rex" granted the monastery of San Cosme y San Damián to "senior Enneco Azenari fidele meo" by charter dated 21 Aug 1072, confirmed by "…senior Enneco Lopiz dominator Nagera…"[322]. "Sancius rex…uxoris mee Placentie regine" granted property "in confinio Duranci…parties Bizcahie, nomine Ihurueta" to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla, with the consent of "Ennecus comes et coniux mea Tota", by charter dated 26 Aug 1072, confirmed by "filiis…nostris…Lope et Garsia et Galindo et Fortunii…"[323]. "Sancius rex" donated property to Santa María de Pamplona by charter dated 22 Apr 1073, subscribed by "…senior Enneco Lopiz in Nagera…"[324]. "Sancius…rex" donated property to the prior of San Martín de Albelda by charter dated 1073, confirmed by "…senior Eneco Lopiz comes dominator Nagera…"[325]. "Sanctius…rex Garsiani regis filius…cum coniuge mea domina Placentia regina" confirmed the properties of the monastery of San Miguel de Excelsis by charter dated 1074, subscribed by "Senior Enneco Lopiç dominans Nayara…"[326]. "Sancius…Nagelensis rex" donated property to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla by charter dated 1075, confirmed by "…sennor Enneco Lopez, sennor Lope Ennecones…"[327]. Conde de Vizcaya. "Sennior Enneco Lopez…tocius Vizcahie comes" donated property to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla, for the soul of "uxoris mee domne Tote", by charter dated 1076, witnessed by "Garsea et Galindo fratres mei, domna Mencia soror mea"[328]. m TODA Fortúnez, daughter of FORTÚN Sánchez Señor de Nájera & his wife Toda García de Viguera (-before 1076). "Senior Enneco Lopez…comiti…cum uxore mea domna Tota" donated property to the bishop of Álava by charter dated 30 Jan 1051[329]. Martín Duque proceeds under the assumption that Toda was the daughter of Fortún Sánchez Señor de Nájera[330], but the primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. According to Llorente, she was the daughter of Fortún Ochoa and his wife Mencía de Navarra[331]. He cites no primary sources in support, and the hypothesis appears disproved by the absence of any daughter named Toda from the charter in which that couple´s other known children are named (see the document NAVARRE NOBILITY). "Senior Enneco Lopez et uxor mea Totadomna" donated property "in Bizcahia…in Gorritiz…" to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla by charter dated 1070[332]. "Sancius rex…uxoris mee Placentie regine" granted property "in confinio Duranci…parties Bizcahie, nomine Ihurueta" to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla, with the consent of "Ennecus comes et coniux mea Tota", by charter dated 26 Aug 1072[333]. Her marriage is also confirmed by the charter dated 28 Aug 1100 under which "Domna Blasquita de Bernies, filia de seniore Eneco Lopiz et de domna Orotota" donated property to the monastery of San Pedro de Siresa[334]. "Sennior Enneco Lopez…tocius Vizcahie comes" donated property to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla, for the soul of "uxoris mee domne Tote", by charter dated 1076, witnessed by "Garsea et Galindo fratres mei, domna Mencia soror mea"[335]. Íñigo & his wife had seven children: 1. LOPE Iñíguez (-before Jan 1094). 2. GARCÍA Iñíguez (-after 1084). 3. GALINDO Iñíguez (-after 1087). 4. SANCHO Iñíguez (-before 1070) 5. FORTÚN Iñíguez . 6. [NUÑA Iñíguez . 7. VELASQUITA (-after [1110/13]).
  8. Title: Lordship of Biscay
    Author: Balparda y las Herrerías, Gregorio de (1933–1934). Historia crítica de Vizcaya y de sus Fueros. Vol. II, Libro III. El primer fuero de Vizcaya, el de los Señores. Bilbao: Imprenta Mayli. OCLC 634212337. Martín Duque, Ángel J. (2002). "Vasconia en la alta edad media: somera aproximación histórica". Príncipe de Viana (in Spanish). Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra: Institución Príncipe de Viana (227): 871–908. ISSN 0032-8472. Salazar y Acha, Jaime de (1985). Una Familia de la Alta Edad Media: Los Velas y su Realidad Histórica. Asociación Española de Estudios Genealógicos y Heráldicos. ISBN 84-398-35
    Publication: Name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordship_of_Biscay;
    Note: The Lordship of Biscay (Spanish: Señorío de Vizcaya, Basque: Bizkaiko jaurerria) was a region under feudal rule in the region of Biscay in the Iberian Peninsula between c.1040 and 1876, ruled by a political figure known as the Lord of Biscay. One of the Basque señoríos, it was a territory with its own political organization, with its own naval ensign, consulate in Bruges and customs offices in Balmaseda and Urduña, from the 11th Century until 1876, when the Juntas Generales were abolished. Since 1379, when John I of Castile became the Lord of Biscay, the lordship got integrated into the Crown of Castile, and eventually the Kingdom of Spain. Biscay before the lordship Edit The first time Biscay is mentioned with that name (in Spanish, Vizcaya) is in the Chronicle of Alfonso III in the late 9th century, which tells of the regions repopulated under orders of Alfonso I, and how some territories "owned by their own", among them Biscay, were not affected by these repopulations. Biscay is mentioned again in the 10th-century Códice de Roda, which narrates the wedding between Velazquita, daughter of Sancho I of Pamplona, to Munio Velaz, Count of Álava, in Biscay. It is considered then, that Biscay was by this period controlled by the Kingdom of Navarre.[8] House of Haro In 1076, after the assassination of Sancho IV of Navarre, Alfonso VI of León and Castile and Sancho Ramírez of Aragón fought a war over control of the Kingdom of Navarre. Count Íñigo López, lord of Biscay surrendering the fortress of Bilibio to the Leonese, which aided in their conquest of La Rioja. In exchange, the Leonese monarchs promised to support Íñigo's personal interests in Durangaldea, Gipuzkoa and Álava. Íñigo died in 1077, and his son, Lope Íñiguez became Lord of Biscay, now as vassal of the Kingdom of Castile.[8] The lordship would be later inherited by his son, Diego López I de Haro, who served as Lord of Biscay until 1134 when he was defeated and probably killed by Alfonso the Battler, King of Aragón and Navarre. The Lordship was then reintegrated into Navarre and Ladrón Íñiguez, one of the most powerful men of the Navarrese court, was named Lord of Biscay. After his death, in 1155, his son Vela Ladrón, who at the time was also Lord of Álava and Guipúzcoa, became Lord of Biscay and ruled through the reigns of Alfonso the Battler, García Ramírez and Sancho VI. During that time, Lope Díaz I de Haro claimed the title of Lord of Biscay, though he never set foot on the land during his lifetime. In 1173 Alfonso VIII of Castile attacked the Kingdom of Navarre and, a year later with the death of Vela Ladrón, occupied Biscay and restored the House of Haro: Diego López II de Haro was named Lord of Biscay. In 1176 the kingdoms of Navarre and Castile signed a declaration of peace, agreeing to arbitration by Henry II of England. New borders were delimited and ratified in 1179. Biscay was divided, with the left bank of the River Nervión becoming part of Castile, while the rest of Biscay, Durangaldea and Álava (east from the Bayas River) were retained by Navarre. Diego López II, Lord of Biscay, swore fealty to the Navarrese monarchy and he ruled Biscay until 1183. The Lords of Biscay were vassals of the Kingdom of Navarre until 1206, when the Haro family were given the title of alférez at the Castilian court, and thereafter Biscay was in the area of influence of the Castilian kingdom, though it would not be wholly integrated into it until much later. House of Haro Íñigo López Ezkerra (The Left-Handed), 1040-1077 Lope Íñiguez, 1077-1093, son of Íñigo López Diego López I the White, 1093-1124, son of Lope Íñiguez Interim House of Velo.. House of Haro (restored) Lope Díaz I, the one from Nájera, 1162-1170, son of Diego López I Diego López II the Good, 1170-1214, son of Lope Díaz I Lope Díaz II Brave Head, 1214-1236, son of Diego López II Diego López III, 1236-1254, son of Lope Díaz II Lope Díaz III, 1254-1288, son of Diego López III Diego López IV the Young, 1288-1289, son of Lope Díaz III María Díaz I the Good, 1289-1295 (first tenure), daughter of Lope Díaz III Diego López V the Intruder, 1295-1310, son of Diego López III María Díaz I the Good, 1310-1322 (second tenure) Juan de Castilla y Haro the One-eyed, 1322-1326 son of María Díaz I de Haro María Díaz I the Good, 1326-1333, (third tenure)
  9. Title: Wikipedia - Iñigo Lopez "Ezquerra" ("the lefty")
    Author: Balparda de las Herrerías , Gregorio (1933-34). Critical history of Vizcaya and its privileges. T. II, Book 3, The first jurisdiction of Vizcaya, that of the lords . Mayli Printing. OCLC 634212337 . Baury , Ghislain (2011). "The rich men and the king in Castile: The Haro lineage, 1076-1322" . Territory, Society, and Power: Journal of Medieval Studies (University of Oviedo) (6): 53-72. ISSN 1886-1121 . Canal Sánchez-Pagin , José María (1995). «The House of Haro in León and Castile during the 12th century: New conclusions». Yearbook of Medieval Studies ( Higher Council for Scientific Research , CSIC: Milá y Fontanals Institution . Department of Medieval Studies) (25): 3-38. ISSN 0066-5061 . Ledesma Rubio , Maria Luisa (1989). Cartulary of San Millán de la Cogolla (1076-1200) . Saragossa: Anubar Editions. ISBN 84-7013-235-0 . Llorente , Juan Antonio (1808). Historical news of the three Basque provinces: Álava, Guipúzcoa and Vizcaya. Part III, Appendix or Diplomatic Collection IV .
    Publication: Name: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8D%C3%B1igo_L%C3%B3pez,_se%C3%B1or_de_Vizcaya;
    Note: Íñigo López , nicknamed "Ezquerra" ("the Lefty") (d. in 1076 ), was the first lord of Biscay . Except for a few intervals, he ruled the Biscayan county until his death when he was succeeded by his son Lope Íñiguez , [1] He was also tenente until 1075 in Nájera [2] and in Durango (Vizcaya) . Family origins Although his affiliation has not been confirmed, most likely his origin was Navarrese. [2] The most widespread hypothesis is that he was the son of Lope Velázquez , lord, together with his brother Galindo, of Ayala , Mena , Colindres , Baracaldo , Uharte and Somorrostro , [3] and who signs several deeds of King García Sánchez III of Pamplona , the first of them the deposit letter granted by the king to his wife Estefanía in 1040, where he appears testifying as senior Lope Velascoz de Colindres together with his brothersenior Galindo Velazcoz in Mena, the latter also testifying in 1051 as Lanteno dominator . Lope and Galindo also had another brother named García de Botaya, who had been a monk in the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña and had died around 1057, the year in which his brother Lope made a donation to the aforementioned monastery for the soul of his brother who had gone without permission to foreign lands where he had died. Lope Velázquez appears on several occasions confirming documents with what would be his son, Íñigo López, and must have died around 1057, the last time he appears in the documentation. [4] Iñigo López had several siblings: [5 a] Sancho López, who appears exercising possession of Poza in 1047 and 1049; [8] Fortún López, [9] who confirms several diplomas of King García el de Nájera from 1040, where he already appears as tenente in Tedeja, until 1053 Garcia Lopez Galindo Lopez Mencia Lopez Life The first mention of Íñigo López at the head of the government of the Biscayan county is from the year 1040, when he appears confirming a document in the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla entitled Enneco Lupiz Viscayensis , 1011 and held this tenure for several periods until 1076 He also appears as tenente in Álava in 1030, as well as in Durango in 1051. 12 King Sancho Garcés IV of Pamplona , ​​to reward and encourage his fidelity, in 1063 entrusted him with the important Riojan tenure of Nájera , which he held until 1075. [10] After the death of the Pamplona king, when the lands of La Rioja were already under the rule of King Alfonso VI of León , the government of Nájera and other places was entrusted to Count García Ordóñez , husband of Urraca, sister of the late King Sancho "the of Peñalen. [13] He made several donations to monasteries, including one in 1053 from the church of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe to the monastery of San Juan de la Peña . [11] The last time that Íñigo López appears in the documentation was in 1076 when he donated to the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla , for his soul and that of his wife, the villa of Camprovín that he had bought from King Sancho. In this document, he refers to himself as senior Enneco Lopez, gratia Dei tocius Vizcahie comes . [14 ​5] Marriage and offspring In January 1051, he is already married to Toda Fortúnez (Ortiz) who could be the daughter of Fortún Sánchez "Bono Patre" and his wife Toda Garcés, daughter of García Ramírez, son of Ramiro Garcés de Viguera , 1014 although also, according to Ubieto Arteta, her father could have been Fortún Ochoa since, according to this historian, Fortún Sánchez and Toda Garcés left no offspring. [15b ]_ The documented children of Íñigo and Toda were: Lope Íñiguez , 16 who succeeded his father as lord of Vizcaya in 1076. Sancho Íñiguez, who died around or before 1070, according to the letter of donation of the collazos and estates they had in Gorritiz, the palaces in Madariaga and other assets in Urrequeña, Bertandona, Gatica and Carrongodo made by his parents in that year to monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla Senior Enneco Lopez et uxor mea Totadomna , pro anima de filio nostro Sancio Ennecones , confirming said donation filios nostros Lope Ennecones et Garcia Ennecones et Galindo Ennecones [...]. [17c ]_ Garcia Iniguez. d Galindo Iñiguez, [20] appears several times in the documentation, the last one in 1087 in San Millán de la Cogolla, declaring himself the son of Count Íñigo López, handing over his possessions in Vizcaya , Álava and Nájera . and Fortún Íñíguez, who, like his brother García, held positions at the Pamplona court when King Alfonso VI and King Sancho Ramírez of Aragón divided up the territories after the death of Sancho IV el de Peñalén . [20] Additional sources: Martin Duke , Angel J. (2002). «Vasconia in the High Middle Ages: a brief historical approach» . Prince of Viana (227): 871-908. ISSN 0032-8472 . Fisherman Medrano , Aitor (1999). «Tenentes and tenancies of the Kingdom of Pamplona in Álava, Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa, La Rioja and Castile (1004-1076)» . Vasconia: History-geography notebooks (29): 107-144. ISSN 1136-6834 . Archived from the original on September 23, 2020 . Retrieved May 11, 2011 . Sanchez de Mora , Antonio (2003). The Castilian nobility in the Middle Ages: Lara's lineage. doctoral thesis University of Seville . Ubieto Arteta , Antonio (1976). Cartulary of San Millán de la Cogolla (759-1076) . Anubar Editions. ISBN 84-7013-082-X . Ubieto Arteta , Antonio (1950). «Forgotten Navarrese Monarchs: The Kings of Viguera». Hispania: Spanish History Magazine (38): 3-24. ISSN 0018-2141 .
  10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: iñigo Lopez de Ezkerra - Published information: nobility-title: 1st lord of biscay; 1040; Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain
    Note: Published information: nobility-title: 1st lord of biscay; 1040; Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain
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  11. Title: Íñigo Lopez Ezquerra, Conde y 1er. señor de Vizcaya (geni)
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  12. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Íñigo López - Published information: birth-name: Íñigo López
    Note: Published information: birth-name: Íñigo López Published information: male Published information: birth: ; Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain Published information: death: 1076; Biscay, País Vasco, Spain
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