Fernán Pérez de Ayala

✓ Fernán Pérez de Ayala, Señor del Valle de Ayala, Álava: granted 'las Encartaciones cerca de Vizcaya' by Pedro I in 1351 (Ayala's Crónica de Pedro I); author of the family treatise 'Libro del linaje de los señores de Ayala', completed by his son; testament 2 Dec 1378; buried at Quejana. m. Elvira Álvarez de Ceballos. Father of Pedro López de Ayala 'el Canciller' (1332-1407), the chronicler of the kings of Castile - a direct ancestor's brother, not an ancestor - and of Inés de Ayala (I100995), the grandmother of Sancha Blount. Son of Pedro López de Ayala, Adelantado mayor de Murcia; his mother is given two ways (see the father's note). Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Castile & León, Nobility (2)', chapter Ayala, citing Argote de Molina (1588), Salazar y Castro (1697), Salazar y Acha (2000), Flórez (1770), and Farmerie & Taylor, 'Notes on the Ancestry of Sancha de Ayala'. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 14 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]