Urraca (Queen of Castile)

Urraka was born on June 24, 1081. In 1089, at the age of eight, she was engaged to the nephew of Duke Ed of Burgundy , Raimund of Burgundy , who provided military assistance to Alfonso VI and fought on his side with the Almoravids at the Battle of Zallack . In 1107 , after the proclamation of the king by his illegitimate son Sancho (born in 1093 ), Urraka lost the right to inherit the throne. In 1095, after the marriage between the illegitimate daughter of King Theresa of Leon and Enrico of Burgundy , Galicia was divided by the king into two counties: Galicia and Portugal. Urraca and Raimund were the rulers of the county of Galicia. In 1107, Raimund of Burgundy died.

In 1108 , having received news that her father was dying, Urraka went to Toledo . There, Alfonso VI, who lost his only son and heir Sancho at the Battle of Ukles on May 29, 1108 , proclaimed Urraca his successor on the throne of Castile and Leon. Not wanting to have sole power in the hands of a woman, the dying king and the Castilian nobility insisted that Urraca marry her second cousin - Alfonso I the Warrior , King of Aragon and Navarre . On June 30, 1109, Alfonso VI passed away, and Urraca, at the age of twenty-seven, became queen.

Fulfilling the will of her father, she took the remains of the deceased to Leon, where she buried Alfonso VI next to Constance of Burgundy in the monastery of Santa Cruz. On October 1 of that year, Urraca arrived in Burgos , where she married Alfonso I the Warrior. The couple entered into a marriage contract, according to which their future son should inherit their joint possessions. This agreement deprived Alfonso, son of Urraca of Raymond of Burgundy, the right of succession, and therefore caused discontent among the nobles of Galicia .

In 1110, Pope Paschalius II , threatened with excommunication, terminated the marriage of Urraki and Alfonso due to close relationship - both spouses were great-grandchildren of Sancho III of Navarre . Papa had already threatened Urraka with excommunication when she was extradited as Raymund of Burgundy, but then he had mercy and reversed his decision.

At the beginning of 1126, Urraca, accompanied by her daughter Sanchi, arrived in Saldanha, where her health deteriorated, and died on March 8 at the age of forty-five, according to ill-wishers, giving birth to a third bastard from Count de Lara. Urraca of Castile is buried in the monastery of San Isidoro in Leon.

1st husband: since 1090, Raimund of Burgundy (c. 1059-1107), Count of Amerua, Count of Galicia and Coimbra since 1089 . From this marriage two children were born:

• Sancha ( 1095 -?)
• Alfonso VII Emperor ( 1105 - 1157 ), successor to Urraki on the royal throne.

On September 20, 1107, Raimund of Burgundy died of dysentery, and in October 1109, Urraca remarried Alfonso I the Warrior , from whom she had no children.

Also, Urraca had a love relationship with Count Pedro González de Lara. From this connection, two illegitimate children were born.

• Fernando Péres
• Elvira Péres

• Anonymous authors . Spanish Medieval Chronicles: The Chronicle of Cardeny I. The Chronicle of Cardeny II. Annals of Toledo I. Annals of Toledo II. Annals of Toledo III. (unspecified) . www.kuprienko.info (A. Skromnitsky) (August 24, 2011). Date of treatment November 17, 2012. Archived December 4, 2012.
• Chronicle of the Compostella translated by I. Dyakonov (neopr.) . Eastern literature .