Talk:Lope Díaz I de Haro

Aldonza's parentage
Ruling out that Aldonza was the daughter of Rodrigo Fernández de Castro, I believe that Salazar y Acha is correct in identifying her as the daughter of Rodrigo Vélaz and Urraca Álvarez. Firstly, the term 'consobrinus'. Margarita Torres in Linajes Nobiliarios de Castilla y León has a section on the terms used at that time to describe relationships. She mentions that the term consobrinus is not used too often, and mentions the case of Infanta Sancha Raimúndez (daughter of Raymond and queen Urraca) who refers to Urraca la Asturiana (illegitimate daugher of her brother Alfonso VII and Gontrodo Pérez) as "consobrina", that is, niece, which, in fact, is the correct relationship. In the document dated 1182 (San Prudencio de Monte Laturce), Aldonza does not call herself consobrina. Actualy, she calls Rodrigo Álvarez her consobrinus. Again, expressing, if we follow the above-mentioned quote on Sancha and queen Urraca la Asturiana, that Rodrigo would be her nephew, not her cousin. In 1210 in Santa María de Bujedo de Candepajarres, Diego López and wife Toda Pérez make a donation to the monastery. One of the witnesses is Pedro Álvarez de Gallicia cormano de D. Diego. That is, Diego's first cousin.

Another point, Elvira Rodríguez married Nazareno Pérez, not Gonzalo Fernández de Traba who married Berenguela Rodríguez, sister of this Elvira and, following Salazar y Acha, also of Aldonza.

Following Salazar y Acha, Aldonza would be named after her grandmother, Aldonza Muñoz, the mother of Rodrigo Vélaz. None of her children are named Gonzalo or Fernando, as would have been the case, following the onomastic customs at that time, had she been the daughter of Gonzalo Fernández de Traba. Salazar y Acha's hypotheses is more likely, seeing the names of Aldonza's children. Diego would be named after his father. Rodrigo after his maternal grandfather (Rodrigo Vélaz), and Urraca López de Haro after her maternal grandmother, Urraca Álvarez.

On her wedding to count Lope, it would be no earlier than 1145 and no later than 1154 since two of her children, Diego and Rodrigo (who would seem to be the second-born son) are both witnesses in a donation made by their father to his brother (Sancho Díaz) in 1168 at the Monastery of Rioseco, which would mean that they would probably not be younger than 12-14 years of age to be able to serve as witnesses.--Maragm (talk) 17:21, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Following up on the term consobrinus/a, another example that it would mean nephew/niece, not cousin, is a charter dated 24 may 1152 in the Cathedral of Salamanca, where Elvira Alfonso, daughter of Alfonso VI and Elvira Muñiz, mentions her consobrinus imperator ispanie (that is, Alfonso VII, her nephew being the son of her half-sister Queen Urraca. --Maragm (talk) 14:41, 18 March 2016 (UTC)