Fernán Pérez Ponce de León Gran Maestro de la Orden de Alcántara

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Fernán Pérez Ponce de León en español

Fernando Pérez Ponce de León ( m.1355 ). Noble Castilian He was the son of Fernando Ponce de León , IV Lord of Marchena , and Isabel Pérez de Guzmán. He was master of the Order of Alcántara between 1346 and 1355, 1 and was great-great grandson of King Alfonso IX of León and Aldonza Martínez de Silva.

Footnote: "Real Academia de Historia , Colección Salazar y Castro, referencia M-50, fº 172v a 174v, testamento otorgado el 28 de febrero de 1406 por Pedro Ponce de León en el que se declara hijo del maestre, y donde menciona a su hermana Beatriz, su esposa Teresa García y sus siete hijos."

• Background Information:
Mara González Morejón, "Algunos Datos sobre los Apellidos Miranda, Tamayo, de la Torre," p. 5

Fernán Peréz Ponce de León, the Gran Maestro de la Orden de Alcántara, was the son of Fernando Pérez Ponce de León and Ysabel de Guzmán. Fernando testified that he had at least two legitimated children, Pedro and Beatriz Ponce de León. Pedro mentions his sister, Beatriz had already died, and that he was married to Teresa García. He also meantions several legitimate children, among them Beatriz and Leonor. The elder Beatriz, in 1394. mentions that she is the daughter of Fernán Ponce, Master of the Order of Alcántara when she made a donation to her nieces doña Beatrz and doña Leonor, the daughters of her brother. Don Diego de Miranda is also meantion as Beatriz's husband.