Gonzalo Rodriguez de Argüelles

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family Background: ¹⁵⁷²
In his last will and testiment, Lope de Argüelles names himself as the legitimate son of Diego de Argüelles of Candamo and doña María de Quirós y Miranda, his legitimate wife. He continues by stating that Diego de Argülles was the legitimate son of Estebano de Argüelles, Señor y Mayorazgo de la Casa (Lord and eldest male heir of Estate of the house) and doña María González Valdéz, his wife. Estebano de Argüelles was the legitimate eldest son of Gonzalo Rodríguez de Argüelles, Señor y Mayorazgo of the said Cada de Argüelles in Oviedo, and of doña Juana de Quirós, his wife.

From the Asturian historian María Dolores Alonso Cabeza, we know that Gonzalo Rodrígues de Argüelles served as the accountant or Contador for don Juan II, King of Castilla y León who ruled from 1406 to 1454. Don Gonzalo also held property in Llanera and Siero.

The Montes Vigil Family Genealogy and the Genealogy of the Argüellles Family," Herencia, Vol. 13.2, pp. 13-14

• Reference:
Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Austrías Illustrada, Vol. II, pp. 121-122

Gonzalo Rodrígrez Argüelles married doña Juana de Quirós, daughter of Juan Bernardo de Quirós andhis wife, doña Aldonza Ramírez de Guzmán.

Gonzalo married Juana de Quirós, daughter of Juan Bernardo de Quirós y Quijada and Aldonza Ramírez de Guzmán.