Mayor Arias

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information:
Luis Vilar y Pascual, Diccionario Histórica, Genealógico y Heráldico de Familias Ilustres de la la Monarquia Española, Vol. IV, p. 453-456

Don García married doña María, señora de Almenara, the daughter of Armengol, conde de Urjel, señor of Valladolid, and his wife doña Dulce, the daughter of don Ramón Berenguel, conde de Barcelona and doña Petronila, reina propietaria de Aragón. The son and heir of Don García and Doña María was don Fernán García señor de Villamayor.

Don Fernán was Mayordomo de Alonso IX. He married doña Sancha Rodríguez Salvadores, daughter and heiress of conde Rodrigo Gómez Salvadores. Their son and successor was don García Fernández de Villamayor. The senior steward to the Queen doña Berenguela and her son San Fernando.

Don García Fernández married doña Mayor Arias. Don García died in 1271 when it was recorded that doña Mayor Arias was a widow. Among their many children was don Alonso García.

• Background Information:
Joseph López Agurleta, Vida del Venerable Fundador de la Orden de Santiago y de las Primeras Casas de Redempcion de Cautivos, p. 240

Arias Fumaz, señor de Lentamo, who seems to have lived to 1199, had sons Pedro, Fernando, Suero, and Juan Arias. His daughter, doña Mayor Arias married García Fernández, son of Mayordomo, Don Fernando García.

Mayor married García Fernández de Villamayor Señor de Celada, son of Fernando García de Villamayor and Sancha Rodríguez Salvadórez. (García Fernández de Villamayor Señor de Celada was born in 1170, died after 20 Oct 1241 and was buried in Santa María de Villamayor.)