Salvador González

Salvador González[a] (died 1067) was a Castilian nobleman active in the regions of La Bureba and Burgos in the middle third of the eleventh century.

He remained loyal to the ruler of Castile throughout his career, even when it meant a loss of position after the Bureba was acquired by neighbouring Pamplona.

Although the name of Salvador's father is indicated by his patronymic (González means "son of Gonzalo"), modern historians disagree on his identity.

[2] Justo Pérez de Urbel writes that the lineage probably descends from Fernán's second wife, Urraca Garcés.

The Salvadórez are also thought to be related to the house of Lara, perhaps through Salvador's brother, Count Munio González.

[7] Salvador appears in the historical record for the first time when he signed as a witness a certain Doña Goto's formal adoption as her heirs of King Sancho Garcés III of Pamplona and his queen, Muniadona, on 1 January 1031.

[5] Since the Bureba, which historically belonged to Castile, passed to Pamplona after 1035, Salvador's main area activity shifted westwards to the region of Burgos and the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña.

[7][10] Gonzalo was a close associate of San Pedro de Cardeña, regularly witnessing charters of their economic transactions.

[3] On 14 November 1058, Nuño Álvarez had a will drawn up, giving property at Buniel and Ibeas, among other places, to Abbot Sisebuto of Cardeña for the sake of his late wife's soul.

[5] After the death of King Fernando in 1065, Salvador remained loyal to his successor in Castile, Sancho II, although this meant a continued lack of power in the Bureba.