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2 unusual facts about Ponce Vela de Cabrera


Ponce Vela de Cabrera

He starts to appear in royal charters in 1176, and served as the alférez of King Alfonso IX in 1185 and in the following year, in which he was also appointed tenant-in-chief of Mansilla and other villages and regions that had been governed by his relatives count Suero Vermúdez and Pedro Afonso, including Tineo and Babia, Gozón, and Cabezón.

He died on 24 September 1202 and was buried in the Monastery of Santa María de Nogales in San Esteban de Nogales that had been founded by his parents.



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