Pelayo Curvo

Pelayo Curvowas aGaliciannobleman active between 1128 and 1173.
Pelayo was a son ofFernando Yáñez.His wife was María Garcés.In theLivro Velho de Linhagens, she is called María Marañón. According to theHistoria Compostellana, she was a niece of ArchbishopDiego Gelmírez. Together they had four children: Gonzalo Páes, Sancha Páes, María Páes and Teresa Páes. According to theLivro de Linhagensof Pedro de Barcelos, thetroubadourPedro Rodríguez de Palmeiradied of love for María Páes.
Pelayo is traceable in the historical record from 1128, when he was serving as the archbishop'smerino. In that year,García Pérez de Trabaand his followers robbed some merchants who had come toPadrónfromEnglandandLotharingiato sell their wares in the market ofSantiago de Compostela. According to theHistoria Compostellana, the archbishop sent Pelayo at the head of a group of soldiers to recover the loot. The robbers were confronted in the mountains, defeated in combat and the loot recovered and restored to the merchants.
Pelayo remained loyal to KingAlfonso VII of Leónafter thePortugalrebelled. He was probably the anonymousmerinodeputed by Diego Gelmírez to lead Galician forces against the rebels in the early 1130s, according to theHistoria Compostellana.In 1137, he took part in therecapture of Tui.He was also present at thesiege of Orejain 1139.In 1141, during a visit to Compostela, Alfonso VII found Pelayo to have violently seized some property of themonastery of San Martiño Pinarioand ordered him to restore it.
Pelayo witnessed his first royal charter in May 1133.He never regularly attended the royal court and, until 1155, he almost never attended without his father. After 1155, he generally appeared only on major occasions when the itinerant court was in the north of the kingdom.When his father was grantedtenanciesin the south of the kingdom in the 1140s, Pelayo was given his Galician tenancies. By 1149, he was tenant of region aroundTuiand by 1152 also ofToroño.He mostly resided in these tenancies, which were on the border with Portugal.
In 1140, Pelayo referred a dispute brought before him as lord by the nuns ofSan Pedro de Ramiranesand the knight Álvaro Rubeo to the royal court atSalamanca.In September 1141 atSantiago de Compostela, Alfonso VII adjudicated a dispute between Pelayo and themonastery of San Martiño Pinario.In October 1146 atTudején[es], Pelayo, acting asmajordomo"in place ofCount Ponce", witnessed the king's charter toSanta María de Niencebas[es]. KingGarcía Ramírez of Navarrewas present at this meeting to discuss Alfonso's plannedcampaign against Almeríathe following year.At the same time, he was a witness to the treaty of alliance between Alfonso VII and theRepublic of Genoa.ThePoema de Almeríadoes not name him, but mentions the participation of Fernando Yáñez and his many sons.
Pelayo did not inheritMontorofrom his father in 1154. It was given instead toNuño Pérez de Lara.On 26 September 1158, KingFerdinand IIgranted him lands in compensation for damage done to his lands in Galicia by Portuguese forces.On 20 April 1159, he and his wife purchased a share in the church of Santa Cristina inLavadores[es]from Alfonso Oséviz for seventysolidi.
Pelayo and his wife were still alive in 1173.