| Guillén Peraza | |
| Birthname: | Guillén Peraza de Ayala y Rojas |
| Other Names: | Guillén Peraza de Ayala |
| Birth Date: | 1488 |
| Birth Place: | Sevilla |
| Death Date: | 1565 (77 years old) |
| Death Place: | Madrid |
| Occupation: | Count, Territorial lord |
| Predecessor: | Beatriz de Bobadilla y Ulloa-Ossorio |
| Parents: | Hernán Peraza The Younger and Beatriz de Bobadilla y Ulloa/Ossorio |
| Spouse: | Beatriz Fernández de Saavedra |
| Children: | Catalina Peraza de Ayala y Saavedra |
| Family: | Peraza family |
Guillén Peraza de Ayala y Rojas (1488-1565) was a Spanish nobleman and ruler of La Gomera and El Hierro in the Canary Islands.
Guillén Peraza was born in 1488 in Seville as a member of the Peraza family that was influential in the early history and conquest of the Canary Islands.[1]
His father was Hernán Peraza the Younger, Lord of La Gomera, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote. His mother was Beatriz de Bobadilla y Ulloa of the prominent Bobadilla family.
Through his high-level family contacts, he was elevated from the title of territorial lord to the first Count of La Gomera in 1515 by Queen Joanna and Emperor Carlos V.[2] [3] He also retained the title of Lord of El Hierro.[1]
Peraza married Beatriz Fernández de Saavedra in 1514 and the couple had one child together, a daughter, Catalina Peraza de Ayala y Saavedra the same year.[1] He had a son Baltazar who died in Peru in 1556.
He died in June 1565 in Madrid at the age of 77.[1]