Guillén Peraza de Ayala

Guillén Peraza
Born
Guillén Peraza de Ayala y Rojas

c. 1488
Sevilla
Died1565 (77 years old)
Madrid
Other namesGuillén Peraza de Ayala
Occupation(s)Count, Territorial lord
TitleFirst Count of La Gomera and Lord of El Hierro
PredecessorBeatriz de Bobadilla y Ulloa-Ossorio
SpouseBeatriz Fernández de Saavedra
ChildrenCatalina Peraza de Ayala y Saavedra
Parent(s)Hernán Peraza The Younger and Beatriz de Bobadilla y Ulloa/Ossorio
FamilyPeraza family

Guillén Peraza de Ayala y Rojas (1488-1565) was a Spanish nobleman and ruler of La Gomera and El Hierro in the Canary Islands.

Biography

Guillén Peraza was born in 1488 in Seville as a member of the Peraza family that was influential in the early history and conquest of the Canary Islands.[1]

His father was Hernán Peraza the Younger, Lord of La Gomera, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote. His mother was Beatriz de Bobadilla y Ulloa of the prominent Bobadilla family.

Through his high-level family contacts, he was elevated from the title of territorial lord to the first Count of La Gomera in 1515 by Queen Joanna and Emperor Carlos V.[2][3] He also retained the title of Lord of El Hierro.[1]

Personal life

Peraza married Beatriz Fernández de Saavedra in 1514 and the couple had one child together, a daughter, Catalina Peraza de Ayala y Saavedra the same year.[1] He had a son Baltazar who died in Peru in 1556.

He died in June 1565 in Madrid at the age of 77.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Guillén PERAZA DE AYALA, I conde de la Gomera, señor de El Hierro n. 1488 Sevilla f. Jun 1565 Madrid: Tabla de Parentescos de don Fernando de Castilla". castilla.maxerco.es.
  2. ^ Haro, Alonso Lopez de (June 9, 1622). "Nobiliario genealógico de los reyes y titulos de Espan̂a..." por Luis Sanchez – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "» Guía de Títulos".