Juan Núñez I de Lara
Juan Núñez I de Lara, called el Gordo (died 1294), headed the noble House of Lara in Castile. Son of Nuño González de Lara el Bueno, he joined Louis IX of France on the Eighth Crusade at Tunis in 1270.
In the revolts of 1272–1273 against Alfonso X he followed his father into exile. Under Sancho IV he rebelled again, fled to France in 1292, and was captured by the infante John. Sent to the Andalucían frontier against Granada, he died at Córdoba in April 1294.