Gonzalo Núñez de Lara

Gonzalo Núñez de Lara ( † after 1105) was a Castilian nobleman and founder of the House Lara.

His patronymic after Gonzalo was the son of Nuño. Conjecture what he of the old Counts of Castile were descended in the 17th century by Luis de Salazar y Castro established in the genealogy work to the house Lara, although there are no written evidence for it. Was married to a woman named Gonzalo Goto, with whom he had several children, including two sons came out historically:

• Pedro González de Lara († October 16, 1130 ).
• Rodrigo González de Lara († probably 1144 ).

Gonzalo was one of the closer followers of King Alfonso VI. of León - Castile (1065-1109) was the he had held the temporary rule ( tenente ) over the Alfoz de Lara to today's Lara de los Infantes ( Burgos province ) named after his family. Probably commissioned by Alfonso VI. had Gonzalo García Ordóñez de Nájera, together with the leader of an army in 1096 that to support the Moorish king of Saragossa in the fight against King Peter I of Aragon. The Taifa kingdom of Saragossa was the king of León - Castile, a tributary vassal and therefore worthy of protection, the attack on this consequently an attack on the sphere of influence of Alfonso VI. represented. The combined Moorish and Castilian army had on November 18, 1096 suffered a heavy defeat at the Battle of Alcoraz.

The final written notice to Gonzalo Núñez de Lara dated December 15, 1105 in a document of the Abbey of San Salvador Oña. His date of death is unknown.