Guillén Peraza de Ayala y Rojas (1488-1565) was a Spanish nobleman and ruler of La Gomera and El Hierro in the Canary Islands.
Guillén Peraza was born in 1488 in Seville as a member of the Peraza family that was influential in the early history and conquest of the Canary Islands.
[1] His father was Hernán Peraza the Younger, Lord of La Gomera, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote.
Through his high-level family contacts, he was elevated from the title of territorial lord to the first Count of La Gomera in 1515 by Queen Joanna and Emperor Carlos V.[2][3] He also retained the title of Lord of El Hierro.
[1] Peraza married Beatriz Fernández de Saavedra in 1514 and the couple had one child together, a daughter, Catalina Peraza de Ayala y Saavedra the same year.