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Beltrán's second marriage probably took place in 1128 or 1129. His second wife was Elvira Pérez, illegitimate daughter of Queen Urraca and Pedro González de Lara, who is first mentioned in a document of 1117, her parents probably having been lovers only from 1112. This marriage was probably arranged
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Between 1113 and 1115 Beltrán was with the court of Urraca, where he was recognised as a count. Since this was a period of open warfare between the estranged spouses, Beltrán's presence at Urraca's court probably indicates that he was acting as a diplomat. He was negotiating with the queen on behalf
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responsible for the satisfaction of the monks' claims against the burghers and for the return of the latter to their homes. This is representative of the peace then reigning between
Alfonso and Urraca, since the former was thereby recognising Pascal as rightful bishop of Burgos and the latter
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507:. This is the beginning of the ahistorical "Cortes de Carrión" passage. While Beltrán had no known connection to any of these figures, he was connected with the event through his rule of Carrión and through his familial relations with the Lara, probably patrons of the
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records that at Fraga the king ordered Beltrán to charge the enemy's camels. When Beltrán advised caution, the king accused him of cowardice and Beltrán promptly led a charge. The camels fled, but the pursuers were subsequently ambushed and massacred. The
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Olmillos, located on the Way of Saint James in northern Castile. In January 1168 Elvira donated the vills to the monastery of Sahagún in León. Also at the time of their marriage, Alfonso granted the title of count to Beltrán.
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afterwards (at least from
November 1119 until March 1125). In the spring of 1113, Urraca recovered Carrión. Later, between 1121 and 1122, Alfonso was in control of it again. Throughout these changes, Beltrán continued to govern Carrión.
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as a count and having a marriage arranged to the king's half-sister. In 1130, he joined his father-in-law in revolt and ended up much reduced in status. He eventually rejoined
Alfonso the Battler and died in battle alongside him.
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The clocktower of the monastery of Sahagún. Beltrán had extensive relations with the monastery, even settling a lawsuit between it and the town. The anonymous chronicle of the monastery is an important source for Beltrán's early
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on 26 October 1111. According to the chronicle, Beltrán was first called count because of his marriage to the count's widow. He was imprisoned by
Rodrigo Muñoz, but was released through the queen's intervention.
260:, which was a region of León. In early 1113 they were effectively under the control of Alfonso the Battler. Beltrán's county did not include Saldaña, which was ruled by Pedro Ansúrez until the end of 1117 and by
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witnessed a charter of the young heir and co-regent, Alfonso VII, for the monastery of Sahagún. Beltrán confirmed two more charters of
Alfonso VII during Urraca's reign: on 1 November 1124 and 19 January 1125.
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Although initially disgraced, after his release he continued to subscribe royal charters down to 1133, although he was never again a resident at
Alfonso VII's court. As late as 1131 he was still holding
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to meet personally with the queen, both his wife and his rival. The king placed Beltrán in command of the city and forced the abbot of Sahagún to make peace with him. In 1116 Beltrán was holding Monzón.
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141:, father of Alfonso the Battler. Beltrán and Alfonso were thus first cousins once removed. Another sibling of Ermentrude's, Beatrice, married
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Lacarra, "Los franceses en la reconquista y repoblación del valle del Ebro en tiempos de Alfonso el Batallador,"
209:, some modern historians have suggested that Beltrán may have come to Castile in the company of two other foreign magnates—
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in 1113, charges he was still executing as late as 1125. A document dated to 27 October 1112 and preserved in the
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Esther Pascua, "South of the Pyrenees: Kings, Magnates and Political Bargaining in Twelfth-century Spain,"
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In that year he, mistakenly cited as "Count Bernaldo", witnessed a grant of the strategic villages of
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770:"Frontera, nobleza y señoríos en Castilla: El señorío de Molina (siglos XII–XIII)"
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kings of Aragon. His father was Guy de Conflans, castellan of
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968:(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998), 13.
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until they had surrendered all their castles and cities.
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