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Urraca of León and Castile. Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. Urraca ( c. 1080 – 8 March 1126), called "the reckless" (la temeraria), [2] was Queen of León, Castile and Galicia from 1109 until her death. She claimed the imperial title as suo jure Empress of All Spain [3] and Empress of All Galicia.
Dec 21, 2022 · Urraca became empress by her father’s inheritance. She was the daughter of Alfonso VI, who was king of León, Galicia and Castile. Because he sported three kingdom titles, Alfonso thought it a good idea to style himself Emperor of Spain from 1077 CE onwards.
Feb 25, 2023 · Urraca of León, known as "the Reckless," was queen of León, Castile, and Galicia from 1109 until her death in 1126. She claimed the imperial title as Empress of All Spain and Empress of All Galicia. Urraca was born to King Alfonso VI of León and Castile and Constance of Burgundy. Her childhood is poorly documented, but she was likely born in Sahagún or León around 1080. She was married ...
Urraca of Portugal. Urraca of Portugal ( Portuguese pronunciation: [uˈʁakɐ]; 1148 – 1211) was the queen of León from 1165 until 1175 as the wife of King Ferdinand II. She was the daughter of the first Portuguese king, Afonso I, and the mother of Alfonso IX. After her marriage to Ferdinand was annulled, the former queen became a nun.
May 29, 2018 · Queen Urraca (c. 1078-1126), who ruled the Kingdom of Leon-Castilla (also known as Castille-Leon) in northern Spain from 1109 to 1126, was the only woman during the Spanish medieval era to rule in her own right. The failure of her political marriage, which had been designed to unite the kingdoms of Leon-Castilla and Aragon, ultimately led to a ...
Doña Urraca. 1857. Oil on canvas. In order to become the queen of Leon, Doña Urraca was remarried against her will in 1109 to the king of Aragon, Alfonso I the Battler, with whom she was at constant loggerheads until their final separation. In the nineteenth century, she became a mythicised figure who was portrayed in plays and novels as a ...
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