Garci Lasso de la Vega II, also known as âÂÂEl Jovenâ ( ? - Burgos, 1351) was the son of Garci Lasso de la Vega "El Viejo" with his first wife, Juana de Castañeda. He commanded Castillian troops against Navarra in the Battle of RÃÂo Salado of 1334. After distinguishing his valor, he was appointed as the highest royal official to the court of Fadrique Alfonso de Castilla, master of the Order of Santiago and son of Alfonso XI of Castile. He was later appointed Adelantado of Castile through the patronage of Juan Núñez de Lara. After the death of his patron, he sought refuge in Burgos, fearing the wrath of . King Peter the Cruel and his henchmen captured him there where he suffered an atrocious death witnessed by the king in 1351, as reported by Pero López de Ayala in his chronicle on the reign of this monarch.
In divvying up his father's estate after his death in 1338, Lasso de la Vega inherited land across the Kingdom in the following areas; , including estates in UdÃÂas and in Cabuérniga which was accompanied by tenements in Carmona, properties in Santibáñez de Carrejo, Bárcena de Puente de San Miguel, Valles-Helgueras, tenements in , shared lands in Arenas and the family estates of Mercadal y Mijares, He also inherited lands given to his father by the King. These included the family estates of Cudón and the castle of Guardo with keep and towns except that of Torremormojón which went to Urraca RodrÃÂguez de Rojas. As compensation, he received the castle of Lucio.
He married twice. The first time with Urraca RodrÃÂguez de Rojas, daughter of Juan RodrÃÂguez de Rojas, with whom he had no children.
His second marriage was with Leonor González de Cornado (a surname which would later change to Coronado) daughter of Gonzalo RodrÃÂguez de Cornado and Elvira Arias. The widow Leonor appears in the documentation of the Convent of Santa Clara in Astudillo, Palencia, where she sold a silver cross with precious stones for 10,000 maravedÃÂes to MarÃÂa de Padilla. The children from this marriage are as follows.
He executed a will on 3 October 1349 before the siege of Gibraltar in which he asked to be buried at the Convent of Santa Clara and Castrojeriz and mentioned his two wives. He left some properties to his brother-in-law Diego RodrÃÂguez de Rojas and refers to his mother-in-law, Sancha, the wife of Juan RodrÃÂguez de Rojas, the father of his first wife.
His second wife, Leonor, executed a will on 12 April 1378 also asking to be buried at the same convent as her husband and mentioning her children, Gonzalo and Sancho, and a grandson named Gonzalo.