In March that year , with Suero Vermúdez , he had even taken Creating the capital city of León from some rebels holding Defending out in favour of an illegitimate half-brother of Alfonso VII , one of the sons of his mother , Queen Urraca , and her lover , Pedro González de Lara .

The former records how Pedro González de Lara , after he was captured Conquering by Alfonso VII for his part in the rebellion , joined Becoming_a_member the siege of Bayonne `` in order to bring him [ Alfonso the Battler ] back to Castile '' ( `` ut reducere eum in Castellam '' ) because he wanted `` to wage war in Castile '' ( `` facere bellum in Castella '' ) , that is , continue the revolt .

It is possible that Pedro González was in the company of Alfonso 's mother , Elvira of Castile , Countess of Toulouse , when the young future count of Toulouse was brought Bringing back to Europe from Outremer .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Manresa and Battle Hostile_encounter of Vilafranca from 21 March to 5 April 1810 saw a Spanish division led by Juan Caro and Luis González Torres de Navarra , Marquess of Campoverde attack Attack an Imperial French brigade commanded by François Xavier de Schwarz .