Memorias de algunos linages antiguos e nobles de Castilla, Juan de Mena's work of the first half of the 15th century that is much prone to giving families mythical ancestries to link them to the glorious past, indicated that the Silva were "very old and noble knights and noblemen of high rank" with some writings claiming for them descent from the mythical Latin kings of Alba Longa (and hence from Aeneas of Troy).
Latin kings of Alba Longa, series of legendary kings of Alba Longa, in Latium
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