Raymond de Bourgogne, count of Galicia

Events

Date of Birth: 1065.

Place of Birth: Dijón.

The date is given by Recuero Astray.

Date of Death: between 13 and 20 September, 1107.

Place of Death: Grajal de Campos.

The date and place are given by Reilly (p. 43).

Place of Burial: Santiago de Compostela, cathedral of Santiago el Mayor.

The place is given by Reilly (p. 43) and by Recuero Astray.

Relationships

Father: Guillaume I “le Grand”, count of Burgundy.

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray and by Bouchard (p. 273).

Mother: Étiennette.

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray and by Bourchard (p. 273).

Spouse: Urraca I, queen of Castile and León.

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray, by Bouchard (p. 274), and by Reilly (p. 1982, p. 13).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Sancha de Castilla y León (died 28 February 1159).

Alfonso VII “el Emperador” (1 March 1105 - 21 August 1157), king of Castile, León, and Toledo, married (1) Berenguela de Barcelona; married (2) Ryksa Śląska.

References

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 (Cornell University Press, 1987).

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Recuero Astray, Manuel. "Borgoña, Raimundo de" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

Reilly, Bernard F. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under Queen Urraca 1109-1126. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1982).

Online Biographies

Borgoña, Raimundo de (Diccionario Biográfico electrónico; Real Academia de la Historia)