1161–1171), called el Mayor ("the elder"), was an important nobleman of the Kingdom of León, the second son of three of Ponce de Cabrera, a Catalan baron who had emigrated to León, and his first wife, Sancha (?Núñez), who was deceased by 1142.
[1] He married Guiomar Rodríguez, daughter of Rodrigo Pérez de Traba.
Early in 1161, Ferdinand, prompted by fear that Afonso I of Portugal was planning an invasion, bestowed the tenencias (tenancies-in-chief) of Ciudad Rodrigo and Ledesma on Ponce, who in turn gave the latter to his son Fernando.
[3] On 25 May 1163 Fernando, along with his siblings, made a donation of land at Villarrín de Campos to the cathedral of Zamora for their father's soul.
On 4 August 1171 the two Fernando Ponces sold their land in Valdesalce to a certain Fernán Baldrín.