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 Manrique de Lara Introduction The Manrique de Lara family is an ancient and prominent noble family of Spain. It is a branch of a larger family, the Laras, who trace their ancestry back to the Gothic kings of Spain. The family is connected to the kings of Asturias, León and Galicia and includes numerous counts and lords. The Enciclopedia Heráldica y
Genealógica Hispanoamericana,
published in 1919 by the García Carraffa
brothers, contains an extensive genealogy of the
Lara family in volume 48. In turn, the Enciclopedia
refers to a more extensive work, the Historia
Genealógica De La Casa De Lara,
authored by Luis de Salazar y Castro and
published in Madrid in 1696. We first investigated a possible connection
between the Seminario and the Manrique de Lara
families through a woman who lived in Piura in
the 16th century, Leonor Manrique de Lara.
We later discovered that a connection did not
exist. Recently, we discovered another Manrique de
Lara among the Pizarros who may be ancestors of
the Seminarios. She was Catalina Manrique de
Lara, who married Rodrigo Pérez de
Villalobos early in the 14th century. I
located a mention of her in the Enciclopedia,
a copy of which has been placed in her record.
There was one problem, though. Our
source for the tree, Jose Antonio del Busto
Duthurburu, identified this person as Catalina
Manrique de Lara. The Enciclopedia,
however, listed her as "N. Manrique de
Lara". To resolve this discrepancy, I referred to the
oldest reference, the Historia
Genealógica de la Casa de Lara
of 1696. The online version of this
book is available at: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009285833
. I placed an untranslated excerpt in
Catalina's record. This reference says:
"Lady ............... Manrique was the wife of
Lord Rodrigo Perez de Villalobos." The
oldest reference does not have her first
name. Yet it identifies her husband's
parents as Lope Ruiz de Villalobos and
Berenguela de Castañeda, and the couple's child
as Lope Rodriguez de Villalobos, all of which
matches our knowledge of Pizarro ancestors
sufficiently to know that we have the right
person. Both references clearly establish Catalina's
connection to the noble Manrique de Lara
family. But what is truly amazing is that
if you follow the Enciclopedia
back through the generations, it turns out the
Laras are descended from the same Gothic
kings as the Pizarros. The tree connecting Manuel Joseph Seminario
Saldivar to Catalina Manrique de Lara can be
viewed here.
The tree connecting Catalina Manrique de Lara
with the kings of Spain can be seen here. Status Our research into Catalina Manrique de Lara
resulted in a fully documented connection to
nobility running through the Pizarros of
Spain. Unfortunately, the Seminarios'
connection to the Pizarros of Spain has still
not been clearly established because of the
doubts about Juan Pizarro of Loja and his wife
Maria de la Rua. For now, the Manrique de
Lara status remains "Relationship appears to
exist but has not been established with
certainty." We continue to work hard on
solving the puzzle of Juan Pizarro of Loja.
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