Vela Sanchez I Sr. de Ayala Sr.

• Preferred Name: Vela Sanchez I Sr. de Ayala Sr.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Alternate Name: Sancho Lopez
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: II señor de Ayala in Ayala, Álava, País Vasco, España at LATI: N3.0779 LONG: E3.0429
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 1er Senor de Ayala e Infante de Aragon
  
• Occupation: Infante de Aragón ,1°Señor de Ayala
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: I Señor de Ayala with note: From name field
  
• Death: AFT 1074
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Infante de Aragón with note: From name field and history
  
• FSID: GZ44-592
  
• Birth: 1027 in Espanha at LATI: N0.43 LONG: E4
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Conde with note: From name field of merged record
  
• Burial: in Álava, País Vasco, Spain at LATI: N2.8446 LONG: E2.7597
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  The origin legend of the Ayala family written three centuries later claimed he was their ancestor, the first lord of Ayala, and illegitimate son of a King of Aragon, but there is no evidence from before the 14th century that this 11th century man even existed.
  
  === Rico Hombre de Castile 1089, second Lor ===
  Rico Hombre de Castile 1089, second Lord Ayala
  
  === (Don) ===
  (Don)
  
  === Ricohombre of Castile in 1089 ===
  Ricohombre of Castile in 1089
  
  === Family origin legend ===
  Vela Sanchez was the first lord (not count) of Ayala named by Fernan Perez de Ayala in the account of the family written centuries later. Though this family origin legend is often treated as fact, many families invent royal ancestries for themselves when given three hundred years to work out the details of the claim, and there is no contemporary evidence that he even existed, let alone that he was either illegitimate son of king Sancho Ramirez, as is claimed, or ancestor of the later Ayala lords.
  
  === !SOURCE: Data for the family of Lope Sa ===
  !SOURCE: Data for the family of Lope Sanchez de Ayala and his wife are from the Jared Pratt Family Association (GS Film #1036942).
  
  === Conde Don Vela, 1er Señor de Ayala. hijo ===
  Conde Don Vela, 1er Señor de Ayala. hijo natural de Ramiro I, rey de Aragón, y de una dama de la Casa de los Condes de Barcelona. Por incompatibilidades familiares, pasó al servicio del rey de Castilla, Alfonso VI. Fue un caballero bizarro y valeroso, que se distinguió en su lucha contra los árabes, a quienes arrojó de Alava y la Rioja. El rey le recompensó sus servicios, otorgándole la Tierra de Ayala. Y según cuenta la leyenda, andando el rey por las tierras de Ayala, Don Vela le pidió que se la diese y que él la poblase. Y algunos que le querían bien dijeron "Señor, háyala", y dijo el rey: "Pues, háyala" y por eso hubo el nombre de AYALA, y se llamó Conde don Vela de Ayala, y poblada la tierra de vascos y latinos, murió y está sepultado en Santa María de Respaldiza.

1. Vela Velazquez, b. 1040 in Huesca, Aragón, España    
2. Diego Sánchez de Ayala, b. 1060 in Vizcaya, País Vasco, España     d. 29 de mayo de 1118 in Uclés, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, España

1. Title: https://www.geni.com/people/Vela-S%C3%A1nchez-de-Ayala-I-se%C3%B1or-de-Ayala/6000000000436426463
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Sancho Íñiguez - Published information: birth-name: Sancho Iñiguez
   Note: Published information: birth-name: Sancho Iñiguez Published information: male Published information: birth: about 1020; País Vasco, Spain Published information: death: 1070; Spain
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245036800
   
3. Title: Juan Antonio Llorente, Noticias historicas de las tres provincias Vascongadas: en que se ..., Volume 4, Madrid 1808, p.33, books.google.com
   
4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Don Vela Velazquez de Ayala II Señor de Ayala -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797