Mendo Páez Sorred señor de la Casa de Sotomayor

  Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference: From Wikipedia.
Mendo Páez de Sorred was the founder of the House of Sotomayor. "Mendo Páez Sorrez was born to into the House of Sorrez of House of Sorred, a family from Galicia. He was the son of Payo Méndez de Sorrez and his Portuguese wife, Elvira Godins de Lanhoso. His paternal grandfather was Garci Méndez Sorrez and his paternal grandmother was Urraca de Ron. His maternal grandfather was Godinho Fafes de Lanhoso, Senhor de Lanhoso and his maternal grandmother was Dórdia Viegas, Senhora da Quinta de Sequeiros."

• Reference:
Francisco Ruano, Casa de Cabrera en Cordoba: Obra Genealógica Histórica , p. 162

Mendo Peláez married doña Ynés Pérez de Ambia, the daughter of don Pedro, señor de Ambia, and among their sons was Payo Méndez de Sotomayor, who married doña Hermesenda Núñez Maldonado.

• Reference:
Felipe de la Gándara, Nobiliario, Armas, y Triunfos de Galicia, pp. 516-517

The oldest of this family is García de Sorred who married doña Urraca de Ron and they had a son, Payo Méndez Sorred. Payo married Elvira Gudins, the daughter of don Gudiño Fafes Serracin de Laáoso and his wife doña Oroa Mendes de Berganza.

The son of Payo and Elvira was Mendo Péaz Sorred, señor de casa, who was likely with Alfonso VII at the conquest of Almeria. Mendo married doña Ynés Pérez de Ambia, daughter of Pedro Paéz de Ambia and his wife, María Fernández, the daughter of Fernando Yánez de Gundias. The son of don Mendo and doña Ynés was Payo Médez.

Payo Médez, señor de casa Sotomayer married doña Ermesenda Núñez, daughter of Nuño Pérez Maldonado and doña Aldara Turrichao. The children of Payo and doña Ermesenda were don Alvaro Paéz de Sotomayor, Ruy Paéa de Sotomayor, Mendo Paéz de Sotomayor, Gonçalo Paéz, doña María Paéz de Sotomayor and doña Teresa Paéz de Sotomayor.

Mendo married Ynés Pérez de Ambia, daughter of Pedro Páez de Ambia and María Fernández.