Froila Ramírez

Froila Ramírez, also spelled Fruela or Froilán (fl. 1150 – 1202), was a Leonese nobleman and a member of the Flagínez family. His power and influence lay chiefly in the heart of the province of León and its west, but it extended also into Galicia and the Asturias. He was most active after the death of his father (1169/70) and more especially that of his brother (1185) until his own death, probably in 1203.

Froila was the second son of Ramiro Fróilaz and his first wife, Inés (Agnes). He is first mentioned in a document dated 22 September 1150, whereby his father granted to him and his elder brother, Alfonso, the bridewealth he owed to their late mother.

Froila married his first wife, Urraca González, daughter of Gonzalo Fernández and granddaughter of Fernando Pérez of the House of Traba, sometime before 28 September 1171. Froila had been raised at the court of Fernando Pérez, for on 29 June 1170 he granted the monastery of San Esteban de Morás (Morales) to Urraca "out of love for your grandfather, Count Don Fernando, who raised me, and because of faithful service when I was accepted by your father, Count Don Gonzalo". In the charter recording the gift, Froila does not indicate that he and Urraca were yet married at that time.

Urraca died on 1 August 1190. By May 1198, Froila had remarried to Sancha Fernández, daughter of Fernando Arias and Teresa Bermúdez, a daughter of Count Bermudo Pérez de Traba. His second wife was thus a second cousin of his first, both being descended from Count Pedro Fróilaz. Sancha was still living in 1234, when she donated land at Fresnedo to the Abbey of San Andrés in Vega de Espinareda.

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