The Lordship of Cameros (or Los Cameros) was a frontier lordship in the
Sierra de Cameros in the province of
La Rioja during the
Middle Ages and the
early modern period. It was originally part of the southern border of
Navarre, comprising much of the territory that had been the
Kingdom of Viguera in the first quarter of the eleventh century. It passed to
Castile after 1076.
In the twelfth century, the lords of Cameros patronised the
monastery of San Prudencio de Monte Laturce, where they were also buried. In 1162, Pedro and Diego Jiménez founded the
Cistercian daughter house of Santa María de Rute. In 1181, they relocated it to Monte Laturce to "refound" the old monastery there on Cistercian lines.[1]
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abcÁlvarez Borge 2008, p. 315. These date ranges are those of surviving references to their lordship in Cameros. In actuality, the lordship was probably inherited and held continuously until death.
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Granado Hijelmo, Ignacio; Fernández de la Pradilla y Mayoral, María Concepción; García Aser, Rosario; Gallo León, Francisco José; Lafuente Urién, Aránzazu, eds. (1999). El Señorío de los Cameros: introducción histórica e inventario analítico de su archivo. Logroño.{{
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Lafuente Urién, Aránzazu (1999). El Señorío de Los Cameros: introducción histórica e inventario analítico de su archivo. Instituto de Estudios Riojanos.
Moreno Ramírez de Arellano, Miguel A. (1992). Señorío de Cameros y Condado de Aguilar: cuatro siglos de régimen señorial en La Rioja, 1366–1733. Instituto de Estudios Riojanos.