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Don Pero (or Pedro) López de Ayala (1332–1407) was a Castilian statesman, historian, poet, chronicler, chancellor, and courtier. ==Life== Ayala were one of the major aristocratic families of Castile; they were later claimed to be of the Jewish converso descent,〔See Norman Roth, "Conversos, Inquisition, and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain", Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1995, p. 333.〕 but Pero's own father composed a genealogy tracing the family from Pyrenees Christian royalty.〔Juan Contreras y López de Ayala, Marqués de Lozoya, "Introducción a la biographía del Canciller Ayala, con apéndices documentales", Bilbao, 1950.〕 However, writing himself in the later 1300s, extant records today show that the earliest family member referred to in his list is the same father to the Íñigo López de Ezquerra, first Lord recognized of Biscay towards the 1050s. He was born in Vitoria, the son of Fernán Pérez de Ayala and Elvira de Cevallos. He was nephew 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. As ''alférez mayor del Pendón de la Banda'' (second lieutenant), he fought with Henry at the Battle of Nájera (1367) and was made a prisoner of the Black Prince but was later released. In 1378, he traveled to France in order to negotiate an alliance against the English and Portuguese. He subsequently served as a supporter of John I of Castile. He was captured by the Portuguese at the Battle of Aljubarrota (1385), and was jailed in a prison of iron. From his Portuguese prison, he wrote his ''Libro de la caza de las aves'' ("Book on hunting with birds of prey") and parts of his ''Rimado de Palacio''. He was ransomed for 30,000 doubloons after many had interceded on his behalf, including his wife, doña Leonor de Guzmán, the Master of Calatrava, and the kings of both Castile and France. Upon his release in 1388 or 1389, he continued his diplomatic activities in France. He later returned to Castile and was named ''canciller mayor'' ("grand chancellor of the realm") by Henry III. He died at Calahorra at the age of 75. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pero López de Ayala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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