Urraca I, queen of Castile and León
Events
Date of Birth: probably late 1080.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Reilly (1988, p. 192). Pallares Méndez gives 1081, possibly in León. Salazar y Acha (p. 111) gives December 1080.
Date of Death: 8 March 1126.
Place of Death: Saldaña.
The date and place are given by Reilly (1982, pp. 200-201) and by Pallares Méndez. Barton (p. 15) gives 9 March.
Relationships
Father: Alfonso VI, king of Castile and León.
This relationship is given by Pallares Méndez, by Barton (p. 13), by Salazar y Acha (p. 111), and by Reilly (1982, p. 10).
Mother: Constance de Bourgogne.
This relationship is given by Pallares Méndez, by Salazar y Acha (p. 111), and by Reilly (1982, p. 10).
Spouse: Raymond de Bourgogne, count of Galicia.
This relationship is given by Pallares Méndez, by Barton (p. 13), by Salazar y Acha (p. 111, p. 247), and by Reilly (1982, p. 13).
Partner: Count Gómez of Candespina.
This relationship is given by Reilly (1982, p. 46).
Spouse: Alfonso I, king of Aragón and Navarre.
This relationship is given by Reilly (1982, p. 47), by Salazar y Acha (p. 111, p. 247), and by Barton (p. 13).
Partner: Count Pedro González of Lara.
This relationship is given by Reilly (1982, p. 46-7), by Salazar y Acha (p. 111, p. 247), and by Pallares Méndez.
Children (by Raymond):
(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 (born about 1101 - 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.
Children (by Pedro):
Elvira married (1) García Pérez de Traba, señor de Trastámara; married (2) count Beltrán de Riseñoral, lord of Carrión.
Fernando married Guyomayor Alonso.
References
Barton, Simon. The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile, (Cambridge University Press, 1997).
Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).
Pallares Méndez, María del Carmen. "Urraca de León." in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).
Reilly, Bernard F. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI, 1065-1109 (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988).
Reilly, Bernard F. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under Queen Urraca 1109-1126. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1982).
Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).