Ordoño Álvarez (Portuguese: Ordonho Alvares) (Asturias, c. 1198 – 21 December 1285) was an Asturian clergyman, abbot at the Abbey of Santa María de Husillos, bishop of Salamanca, archbishop of Braga and cardenal of the Roman Catholic Church.
His father was Álvar Díaz[1] who accompanied King Ferdinand III of Castile in the siege of Seville in 1248 and governed several tenancies including Siero, Nava, Aguilar and other localities.
[2] Ordoño's paternal grandfather was his namesake, Ordoño Álvarez de las Asturias,[3] an important magnate during the reign of King Alfonso IX of León who participated in the conquest of Córdoba in 1236, and who was appointed mayor of Jaén and in charge of the repartimiento, or distribution of the conquered land.
[8] One of Ordoño's brothers was Pedro Álvarez de las Asturias, the father of Rodrigo Álvarez de las Asturias,[1] count of Noreña, tutor of King Henry II of Castile who inherited the lordship of Noreña.
[13][14][15] Álvarez died in Rome in 1285 and was probably buried in the cloister of the Old Cathedral of Salamanca, as recorded in several documents.