Muniadonna (Mayor) de Castilla
Events
Date of Birth: about 995.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Martín Duque (DBe). Salazar y Acha (p. 97) gives about 991.
Date of Death: about 1046.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Martín Duque (DBe). Salazar y Acha (p. 97) gives after 13 June 1066.
Relationships
Father: Sancho García, count of Castile.
This relationship is given by Martínez Díez (2005, p. 394), by Salazar y Acha (p. 97), and by Martín Duque.
Mother: Urraca.
This relationship is given by Martínez Díez (2005, p. 394) and by Salazar y Acha (p. 97). Martín Duque (p. 85) gives her as Urraca Gómez, the daughter of Gómez Díaz de Saldaña and Muniadonna Fernández.
Spouse: Sancho Garcés III “el Mayor”, king of Navarre. Married 1010.
This relationship is given by Martínez Díez (2005, p. 394), by Salazar y Acha (p. 97, p. 131), and by Martín Duque.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Mayor (about 1014 - after 1037) married Ponce III, count of Toulouse.
García V “él de Nájera” (born about 916 - died 1 September 1054), king of Navarre, married Estefanía.
Ramiro (born about 917 - died young).
Fernando I “el Magno” (died 27 December 1065), king of Castile, married Sancha de León.
Gonzalo (born about 1019 - assassinated 26 June 1045), king of Ribagorza and Sobrarbe.
Jimena (born about 1020 - died 23 November, after 1062) married Vermudo III, king of Léon.
References
Martín Duque, Ángel. “Muniadonna o Mayor” in Reinas de Navarra (Julia Pavón, ed.), (Madrid, 2014), pp. 84-90.
Martín Duque, Ángel. "Munia" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).
Martínez Diez, Gonzalo. El Condado de Castilla (711-1038): la historia frente a la leyenda. (Macial Pons: 2005).
Martínez Díez, Gonzalo. Sancho III el Mayor: rey de Pamplona, Rex Ibericus. (Madrid: 2007).
Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. “Política Matrimonial de Alfonso VI de Castilla” in Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía. Volume 2 (1992-1993)
Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).