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:

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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).