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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 ...
Urraca (also spelled Hurraca, Urracha and Hurracka in medieval Latin) is a female first name. In Spanish, the name means magpie, derived perhaps from Latin furax, meaning "thievish", in reference to the magpie's tendency to collect shiny items. The name may be of Basque origin, as suggested by onomastic analysis. Urraca of Zamora (1033/4–1101 ...
Urraca of Zamora (1033/34 – 1101/03) was a Leonese infanta, one of the five children of Ferdinand I the Great, who received the city of Zamora as her inheritance and exercised palatine authority in it. Her story was romanticized in the cantar de gesta called the Cantar de Mio Cid, and Robert Southey 's Chronicle of the Cid .
Urraca (1033/4 – 1101) was a Leonese infanta, one of the five children of Ferdinand I the Great, who received the city of Zamora as her inheritance and exercised palatine authority in it. Her story was romanticized in the cantar de gesta called the Cantar de Mio Cid, and Robert Southey's Chronicle of the Cid.
Urraque de Zamora, née en avril 1033 et morte en 1101, est une infante léonaise, fille aînée des cinq enfants que Ferdinand Ier de León, dit « Le Grand », eut avec la reine Sancha. Urraque recut la ville de Zamora en héritage. Son histoire fut romancée dans la chanson de geste Le Poème du Cid ( Cantar de Mio Cid ), et dans l'ouvrage ...
Sancho was crowned King of León on 12 January 1072, holding all three crowns that Ferdinand had distributed to his sons only six years earlier. Toro, the city of Sancho's sister Elvira, fell easily in 1072. Sancho was stalled in a siege of his sister Urraca's better-defended city, Zamora. Death
URRACA, SEÑORA DE ZAMORA. Fue la mayor de los cinco hijos de Fernando I de León y de Doña Sancha. Conocida por el Cerco de Zamora. Siempre estuvo muy unida a su hermano menor, Alfonso al que le llevaba ocho años, y sintió un gran amor maternal hacía él . Si quieres saber más sobre Urraca y El Cerco, te lo contamos en nuestra Visita ...
