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in May 1108. A charter of the monastery of Sahagún dated 17 November 1108 cites Martín as still living, although it may contain an error in the dating clause. There is no other reference to Martín later than 31 March 1108. There is no reference to his eldest son, Gómez, after May 1107, and it is
98:, which he continued to govern on behalf of the crown until his death, although he is last cited there on 16 January 1108. Between 1 February 1091 and 7 February 1092 he received the tenancy of the castle of
94:), the highest in the kingdom, but he does not consistently use this title until after the summer of 1090. It is only then that his political career begins. At that time he was tenant of
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Martín married Sancha Fernández sometime before 13 November 1084, when the couple first appear beside each other in a document. Sancha was a daughter of
Tegridia Gutiérrez, daughter of
31:(1065–1109), with which the length of his public life almost exactly coincided. From 1090 until his death he was a regular figure at the royal court, and even used the title
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in their dispute with Sahagún. At an unknown date when his son
Rodrigo was young, he made a donation of a meadow, some money and candles to the Benedictine house of
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Twelfth-century depiction of
Iberian cavalry: a crowned man with a bow, two knights with swords and a standard-bearer carrying a cross into battle.
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On two isolated occasions before 1090—in
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from his son. On 22 September 1102 Martín granted some land at
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over a hundred years later, Martín was a victim of the
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283:(London: Variorum, 1983) with the same pagination.
281:Spanish and Portuguese Monastic History, 600–1300
219:Barton, 37–38, briefly describes Pedro's career.
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239:Gomez martinci filius comitis
237:Reilly, 354. Gómez is called
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312:People of the Reconquista
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264:Charles Julian Bishko.
127:Benedictine monasteries
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50:Martín was a son of
286:Bernard F. Reilly.
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29:Alfonso VI
35:, "count
243:potestas
116:Peñamián
100:Simancas
131:Sahagún
108:Cabezón
96:Aguilar
81:Rodrigo
65:alférez
25:Leonese
77:Osorio
21:Laíñez
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