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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sancho III of Castile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He was the eldest son of King Alfonso VII of Castile and Berenguela of Barcelona.
Alfonso VII of Castile (March 1, 1104/5 - August 21, 1157), nicknamed the Emperor, was the king of Castile and Leon since 1126, son of Urraca of Castile and Count Raymond of Burgundy.
Urraca of Castile (Countess of Castile) was born in 1081.
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  Robertson Family of Buckingham County, Virginia - pafg21
Garcia Sanchez Prince of Castile was born 1156 in of, Soria, Castile.
Sancha of Castile was born 20 Mar 1182 in of Burgos, Castile.
Leonor of Castile was born 1202 in of Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
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 Urraca of Castile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Urraca of Castile (1082 - March 8 1129) was Queen of Castile and León from 1109 to her death.
She was the daughter and successor of Alfonso VI of Castile.
Their marriage was annulled in 1114, and Urraca recovered most of her lands with the help of her son by her first husband.
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 Urraca of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urraca of Castile (1082 – March 8, 1126) was Queen of Castile and León from 1109 to her death.
Urraca's reign was disturbed by strife among the powerful nobles and especially by constant warfare with her husband who had seized her lands.
According to the Chronicon Compostellanum, Urraca died in childbirth in 1126.
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 Raul N. Longoria's Genealogy Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Sancha of Castile (Infanta of Castile) was born on Sep 21 1164.
Children were: Isabel de Limoges, Ferdinand IV (KING OF CASTILE AND LEON), Alfonso of Castile (Infant of Castile), Enrique of Castile (Infant of Castile), Pedro de Castile (Regent of Castile), Felipe de Cabrera of Castile, Beatriz of Castile (Infanta of Castile).
Urraca of Castile (Countess of Castile) was born in 1081.
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 Urraca of Castile Summary
Urraca was the daughter of King Alfonso VI and Queen Constance of Burgundy.
Urraca of Castile (1082 – March 8 1126) was Queen of Castile and León from 1109 to her death.
Urraca's reign was disturbed by strife among the powerful nobles and especially by constant warfare with her husband who had seized her lands.
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 Ancestors and Family of Urraca of Castile
The marriage was annulled in 1114, and Urraca recovered most of her lands with the help of her son by her first husband.
Urraca married Raymond of Burgundy, son of William I of Burgundy and Etienette de Longwy, in 1087 in Toledo.
Urraca next married Alfonso I of Aragón, son of Sancho I of Aragon and Felicitas of Roucy, in Oct 1109.
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 Alfonso I of Aragon
A passionate fighting-man (he fought twenty-nine battles against Christian or Moor), he was married in 1109 to Urraca of Castile[?], widow of Raymond of Burgundy[?], a very dissolute and passionate woman.
The marriage had been arranged by Alfonso VI of Castile in 1106 to unite the two chief Christian states against the Almoravides, and to supply them with a capable military leader.
But Urraca was tenacious of her right as proprietary queen and had not learnt chastity in the polygamous household of her father.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Castile and Aragon
Castile is a matter of dispute, but it is more than probably derived from the fortified castles (castillos), built first by the Romans to protect themselves from the Cantabrians whom they had not completely subjugated, and afterwards by the Christians to defend the northern regions which they had conquered from the Moors.
Old Castile, and is bounded on the north by the mountain chain of the Carpetano-Vetónica, on the south by the Sierra Morena, on the east by the mountains of
Castile is divided, that of the Tagus to the north, and that of the Guadiana to the south.
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 Afonso III of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Afonso III of Portugal (the Burgundian), fifth king of Portugal, was born in Coimbra in May 5 1210 and died in February 16 1279, in the same city.
He was the son of Afonso II of Portugal by his wife, princess Urraca of Castile.
Sancho was exiled in Castile and Afonso III became king in 1247.
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 Alfonso VII of Castile
Alfonso VII of Castile (March 1, 1104/5 - August 21, 1157), nicknamed the Emperor, was the king of Castile and Leon since 1126, son of Urraca of Castile[?] and Count Raymond (the third?) of Burgundy.
A vague tradition had always assigned the title of emperor to the sovereign who held Leon as the most direct representative of the Visigoth kings, who were themselves the representatives of the Roman empire.
Yet he was a great king, the type and to some extent the victim of the confusions of his age--Christian in creed and ambition, but more than half oriental in his household.
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 Urraca of Castile - Definition, explanation
Urraca of Castile (1082 - March 8 1129) was Queen of Castile and León from 1109 to her death.
Urraca and Alfonso of Aragon were married in 1109.
Urraca accused him of being physically abusive to her, and their inability to produce a child created a further rift between them.
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 Ferdinand of Castile and Leon - Eustache de Champagne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Parents: King Alfonso VII the Emperor of Castile and Leon and Queen of Castile Berenguela Raimundo de Barcelona.
Princess Sanchia Alfonsez of Castile was born on 21 Sep 1154 in Castile, Spain.
King Alfonso VII the Emperor of Castile and Leon and Princess Rixa (Richenza Ryksa) of Poland.
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 Leon
FERDINAND III the Saint (see Castile), King of Castile in 1217, King of Leon 1229-52, was born in 1191 and died on 30 May 1252.
ALFONSO VII Raimond, King of Leon and Castile, Emperor of Spain, was born in 1103 and died in 1157.
URRACA of Castile and Leon died on 10 March 1126.
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 Alfonso VI of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As he was the first Alfonso to be King of Castile, he is sometimes referred to as Alfonso I of Castile.
As the second and favorite son of King Ferdinand I of Castile and Princess Sancha of León, Alfonso was alloted León, while Castile was given to his eldest brother Sancho, and Galicia to his youngest brother Garcia.
His second wife, who he married in 1081, was Constance of Burgundy, the mother of their daughter Urraca of Castile.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Urraca
1126, Spanish queen of Castile and León (1109-26), daughter and successor of Alfonso VI.
Sancho II SANCHO II [Sancho II] d.1072, Spanish king of Castile (1065-72), son and successor of Ferdinand I. He conquered (1072) León from his brother Alfonso VI, but his sister Urraca rebelled against him at Zamora, and Sancho was assassinated while besieging the city.
Alfonso VII ALFONSO VII [Alfonso VII] (Alfonso the Emperor), 1104-57, Spanish king of Castile and León (1126-57), son and successor of Urraca.
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 Urraca of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
King Alfonso VI selected a a new husband for her, and his choice fell on Alfonso I of Aragon, who he hoped would safeguard the kingdom.
Urraca and Alfonso of Aragon were related within forbidden degrees, and Bernard, Archbishop of Toledo, objected to the marriage on these grounds.
She took a lover, Count Gómez González, and the royal couple were separated by 1111.
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 Chapter 28. Notable Families Having Multiple Connections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Urraca [see Next] m(3) Aft 1092, Bertha of Burgundy, d 19 May 1097/8, by his mistress, Jimena Moniz de Bierzo, he had two daughters, ii.
Juana de Mendoza, and had a son, (1) Fadrique [Admiral of Castile]; m(1) 1430, Mariana Ayala de Cordova, and had a daughter, (i) Juana, d.
Juan II [King of Castile y Leon] b.
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 Alfonso VI of Castile - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Alfonso VI (before June 1040 - July 1, 1109), nicknamed the Brave, was king of León from 1065 to 1109 and king of Castile since 1072 after his brother's death.
The second wife was Constance of Burgundy; their daughter was Urraca of Castile.
He also drew Spain nearer to the Papacy, and it was his decision which established the Roman ritual in place of the old missal of Saint Isidore — the Mozarabic rite.
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 Alfonso VII of Castile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
This sovereign was considered the most direct representative of the Visigoth kings, who were themselves the representatives of the Roman empire.
But though given in charters, and claimed by Alfonso VI of Castile and Alfonso I of Aragon, the title had been little more than a flourish of rhetoric.
Alfonso VII was crowned emperor in 1155 after the death of Alfonso I. The weakness of Aragon enabled him to make his superiority effective.
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 Brink-Day-Johnston-Fletcher - Person Page 69
Urraca Princess of Leon & Castile; Toledo, Spain
Urraca and her husband, according to the marriage settlement,became corulers in each other's lands, and Alfonso thereupon putAragonese garrisons into many Leonese and Castilian cities.
Urraca was tenacious of her right asproprietary queen and had not learnt chastity in the polygamous householdof her father.
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 COUNTS & KINGS OF CASTILE
He united deffinitively the kingdoms of Castile and León, conquered the lands of Lower Andalusia (cities of Jaen, Cordoba and Seville), submitted the kingdom of Murcia to his son Alfonso, and the kingdom of Granada became his vassal.
Enrique had backed his daughter Juana "la Beltraneja", but the nobility did not believe her paternity (the nickname of Enrique means "the Impotent" and the origin of the nickname of Juana is because the nobility believed she was daughter of Beltrán de la Cueva, favourit of the king).
Queen of Castile, León, Aragon, Sicily, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Majorca, Seville, Sardinia, Cordoba, Corsica, Murcia, Jaén, the Algarves, Algeciras, and Gibraltar; countess of Barcelona; lady of Biscay and Molina; duchess of Athens and Neopatras; countess of Roussillon and Cerdagne; marchioness of Oristano and Gociano.
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 Urraca of Castile and Léon: Twelfth century Ruling Queens, part two: Defiant Spanish Wife, Unconquered Iberian Queen
Urraca of Castille and Léon was an unexpected queen of the 12th century and one of the most successful Spanish medieval rulers.
Urraca (1082-1126), along with her sister Teresa of Portugal, had a major effect on the late medieval borders of Iberia.
Urraca began her life as an infanta--a princess--destined for a dynastic marriage not rule.
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 Burgundy and Castile
He md Urraca of Castile and Leon 1087, Toledo, Castile, Spain, daughter of Alfonso VI, King of Castile and Leon, and Constance of Burgundy.
Urraca of Castile b 1185, Castile, Spain, d 1220; md Alfonso II, King of Portugal.
She md Edward I, King of England, 18 Oct 1254, Burgos, Castile, Spain, son of Henry III, King of England, and Eleanor of Provence.
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 Urraca of Castile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Urraca of Castile is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
Alfonso VII crowned king of Castile and León in Spain.
Battle of Naklo Battle of Hundsfeld Fulk of Jerusalem becomes count of Anjou Alfonso I of Aragon marries Urraca of Castile Crusaders capture Tripoli Anselm of Laon becomes chancellor of Laon 1109 - Births.
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 Portugal > History and Events > Date Table > Second County of Portugal
The army of Don Alfonso VI of Castile and León reaches as far as Tarifa in the south of the Peninsular
Marriage between Dona Urraca of Castile and Don Alfonso I of Aragon annulled
Don Alfonso Raimúndez of Galicia joins his mother Dona Urraca of Castile in Portugal and capture Dona Teresa of Portugal at Lanhoso - she goes free after agreeing to the County of Portugal becoming a part of the Kingdom of León
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 My Family
Urraca of Castile and Leon died in 1136.
Children were: Alfonso VII (King of Castile and Leon).
Fernando II of Leon and Urraca of Portugal were married in 1160.
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 Hotel Parador Lerma Spain Burgos Castile
There is hare during hunting season while other typical fare includes the traditional cocido (chickpea stew) of Castile, the hearty 'olla podrida' stew and medieval style lentils.
For dessert, try the 'Emes' cookies, San Blas roscas, the mostachones cookies, or the wide variety of cakes and sweets made by the nuns of the order of St. Clare in the city's convent.
A little further is the 18th -century Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, where you can hear the Gregorian chants sung by the monastery's monks.
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