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Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal. The betrothal of Alfonso of Castile and Eleanor of England. Urraca of Castile (1186/28 May 1187 – 3 November 1220) was a daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile [1] and Eleanor of England. [2] . Her maternal grandparents were Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine . Early life. Family and upbringing.
Maud of Savoy. 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.
Urraca (c. 1080 – 8 March 1126), called "the reckless" (la temeraria), was Queen of León, Castile and Galicia from 1109 until her death. She claimed the imperial title as suo jure Empress of All Spain and Empress of All Galicia.
- 1109 – 1126
- Alfonso VI
Apr 12, 2024 · Urraca (born 1077–81—died March 8, 1126, Saldana, Castile [Spain]) was the queen of Leon and Castile from 1109 to 1126, daughter of Alfonso VI. Urraca became her father’s heiress when her brother, Sancho, was killed at Uclés (1108).
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Urraca of Castile was the daughter of Castilian King Alphonso VIII and Queen Eleanor of Castile . Her younger sister Blanca, or Blanche of Castile , became one of medieval Europe's most powerful women as queen-regent of France.
Born around 1079 (some sources cite 1081); died on March 8, 1126, in Saldaña; was the first surviving child of Queen Constance of Burgundy (c. 1046–c. 1093) and Alphonso VI (c. 1030–1109), king of Leon (r. 1065–1109), king of Castile (r. 1072–1109); married Raymond of Burgundy, in 1087 (died 1107); married Alphonso I the Battler (1073–1134), kin...
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.
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