He married three times. The first marriage was before April 1175 with Maria Aires de Fornelos, who died around 1212. daughter of Aires Nunes de Fornelos and Mor Pais (Mayor Peláez), and granddaughter of
Soeiro Mendes da Maia, a member of the powerful Maia lineage. Before her marriage, she had two children out of wedlock with King
Sancho I of Portugal; Martim and Urraca Sanches. From the marriage of Gil Vasques and Maria Aires, the following children were born: •
Martim Gil de Soverosa the Goodman (died c. 1259), married to Inés Fernández de Castro, the daughter of Fernán Gutiérrez de Castro and Milia Íñiguez de Mendoza. A daughter of this marriage, Teresa Martins de Soverosa was the wife of Rodrigo Eanes de Meneses, the parents of
João Afonso Telo, the 1st
Count of Barcelos and 4th Lord of
Alburquerque. •
Teresa Gil de Soverosa, mistress of King
Alfonso IX of León with whom she had four children. His second marriage at around 1212 was with Sancha González de Orbaneja, They had three children: • Vasco Gil de Soverosa, a
troubadour who took part in the conquest of
Andalusia where he was given land in the
repartimiento of Seville. He married Fruilhe Fernandes de Riba de Vizela. • Manrique Gil de Soverosa. • Guiomar Gil de Soverosa (died before 1247). His third marriage was with María González Girón, the widow of
Guillén Pérez de Guzmán and daughter of
Gonzalo Rodríguez Girón and Sancha Rodríguez. María had several children from her first marriage including
Mayor Guillén de Guzmán, mistress of King
Alfonso X of Castile, the parents of Queen
Beatrice of Castile, wife of
Afonso III of Portugal. Gil Vázquez de Soverosa and María were the parents of: • Juan Gil de Soverosa (died after 1247), the husband of Constance de Riba de Vizela,without issue. • Fernando Gil de Soverosa (died before 1247), he could have been the son of Gil's first marriage or this one. • Gonzalo Gil de Soverosa (died after 1247), without issue. • Sancha Gil de Soverosa (died before September 1262), married, before November 1257 as the second wife of Alfonso López de Haro, son of Count
Lope Díaz II de Haro,
Lord of Biscay. • Dórdia Gil de Soverosa, a nun at the
Monastery of Arouca. == Notes ==