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Pedro González de Lara
Kingdom of Castile magnate Peerage person ID=113323
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Also known as Pedro Gonzalez de Lara, Pierre Gonzalez, Seigneur de Lara et Eue, Pedro Gonzales de Lara, Conde de Lara
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Citizenship
Kingdom of Castile
Born
1100
Died
October 16, 1130, 1130
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Pedro González de Lara was a Castilian magnate. He served Alfonso VI as a young man, and later became the lover of Alfonso's heiress, Queen Urraca. He may have joined the First Crusade in the following of Raymond IV of Toulouse, earning the nickname el Romero. At the height of his influence he was the most powerful person in the kingdom after the monarch. The preponderance of his power in Castile is attested in numerous documents between 1120 and 1127. He opposed the succession of Urraca's legitimate heir, Alfonso VII. This dispute ended with his premature death.