Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Ancestors 
Brother of
Inés Alfonza (Ayala) de Toledo and Aldonza (Ayala) Fernández de Ayala
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
María (de Ayala y Guzman) de Ayala
Died
at about age 75
in Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain
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Biography
"López de Ayala was a supporter of Pedro of Castile before switching sides in order to support the pretender to the Castilian throne, Henry of Trastamara."
Vitals
- b. 1332 Vitoria
- d. 1407 Calahorra
Early Life
- p. Fernán Pérez de Ayala and Elvira de Cevallos[1].
Family
- Fernán Pérez de Ayala y Guzmán.
- Elvira López de Ayala, que casó con Álvar Pérez de Guzmán, II señor de Gibraleón, de Palos y La Palma, alguacil mayor de Sevilla, almirante mayor de Castilla y adelantado de la Frontera.
- Pedro López de Ayala y Guzmán.
- María de Ayala y Guzmán, que casó con Pedro Ponce de León.
- Sancha Fernández de Ayala, que casó con Ruy González de Castañeda.
- María de Ayala, que casó con Ruy Díaz de Mendoza.
Sources
- ↑
- nephew to Cardinal Pedro Gómez Barroso, who educated him
- ↑
- EN: Leonor de Guzman was a lady Castilian of the fourteenth century , dau Pedro de Toledo Xuárez and Maria Ramirez de Guzman. She was the wife of Pero Lopez de Ayala .
- ES: fue una dama castellana del siglo XIV, hija de Pedro Xuárez de Toledo y de María Ramírez de Guzmán, fue la esposa de Pero López de Ayala. Tuvieron los siguientes hijos:
- ↑
- This is not same Eleanor de Guzmán (1310 – 1351) who m. Juan de Velasco (d.1328). That was the mistress of Alfonso XI of Castile until his death around 1350, whose parents were Pedro Núñez de Guzmán and Beatriz Ponce de León
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Wikipedia has a detailed account of Pero. The Ayala were one of the mayor aristocratic families of Castile. The earliest known record of their family was an account written by Pero´s own father, which claims they descended from Pyrenees Christian Royalty and linked them to the Lords of Biscay (Basque). They were of the Jewish converso descent and intermarried with other Jewish converso and old Christian high nobility, among them were converso Mendoza and offsprings of Spanish and Basque royalty. Pero López de Ayala was born in 1332 at Vitoria, County of Alava, Kingdom of Castile, as the son of Fernán Pérez de Ayala and Elvira Alvarez de Cevallos. He was grandnephew to Cardinal Pedro Gómez Barroso, and was educated under this cleric. López de Ayala was a supporter of Pedro of Castile before switching sides in order to support the pretender to the Castilian throne, Henry of Trastamara. He traveled to France in order to negotiate an alliance against the English and Portuguese. Also, he negotiaed with the Scotland and England Kings who were frequently at war with each other. While he was jailed in a prison of iron in Portugal, he wrote his ¨Libro de la caza de las aves¨, and parts of his Rimado de Palacio. He was ransomed for 30,000 doubloons after the intercession of the Kings of Castile and France and many others. He continued his diplomatic activities in France. Later he returned to Castile and he was named canciller mayor (Grand Chancellor of the realm by Henry III.
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"Pedro "El Tuerto" López de Ayala Guzmán, Señor de Fuensalida." Geni. Accessed Feb. 11th, 2019. https://www.geni.com/people/Pedro-L%C3%B3pez-de-Ayala-Guzm%C3%A1n-Se%C3%B1or-de-Fuensalida/6000000007436894218?through=6000000004280750845.
Ancestor of Simon Bolivar.
Pedro "El Tuerto" López de Ayala Guzmán, Señor de Fuensalida