at the Battle of Alarcos). Appointed mayordomo mayor of King Alfonso VIII in April 1194. Around May 1174 he married Mahalda, as confirmed in the donation made by King Alfonso VIII in casamento (as a wedding gift). The couple had several children, including Nuño Pérez de Guzmán who was the head of the house of Guzmán, and Guillén Pérez de Guzmán, the father of Mayor Guillén de Guzmán, mistress of King Alfonso X of Castile, the parents of Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal due to her marriage to King Afonso. Rodrigo Rodríguez de Guzmán, mentioned by his brother Álvaro in 1167. Urraca Rodríguez de Guzmán (died after 1189), who married Pedro Rodríguez de Castro. Both appear together in 1189 when they donated Villasila and Villamelendro to the Order of Santiago, confirming as ego Petrus Roderici de Castro cum uxore mea Urraca Roderici (I, Pedro Rodríguez de Castro with my wife Urraca Rodríguez) Sancha Rodríguez de Guzmán, mentioned by her brother Álvaro in 1167. María de Guzmán, was the first wife of Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón. Teresa Rodríguez de Guzmán, also mentioned by her brother Álvaro in 1167. Notes References Bibliography External links Románico Digital, San Millán de Juarros. Ruins of the Monastery of San Cristóbal de Ibeas 12th-century births 1186 deaths 12th-century nobility from León and Castile