| Name | Urraca | |
| Nickname | la Temeraria | |
| Birth | Apr 1079 | Burgos, Castile and León, Spain [1, 3, 5, 6] |
| General Information | She was the heiress of Castile and León. Her nickname translates to the Reckless. [1, 3] | |
Title(s) |
1093 (13 years) [1] | |
Reign |
From 1109 to 1126 (29 years) [3] | |
Title(s) |
1 Jul 1109 (30 years) [1, 3] | |
| Death | 8 Mar 1126 | Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain [1, 2, 3, 5, 6] |
| Burial | Aft 8 Mar 1126 | Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Castile and León, Spain![]() Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Castile and León, Spain [1] |
Siblings |
5 persons of an unknown gender | |
Half siblings |
1 half brother (family of Alfonso VI of León and Castile and Zaïda of Seville ) | |
Half siblings |
2 half sisters (family of Alfonso VI of León and Castile and Jimena Muñoz) | |
Half siblings |
2 half sisters (family of Alfonso VI of León and Castile and Isabel ) | |
| Person ID, Branch | I2977 | Roy Line, Boudreau Line |
| Last Modified | 29 Jun 2025 | |
| Father | Alfonso VI of León and Castile, King of Castile, León, and Navarre, b. Jun 1040 d. 1 Jul 1109, Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain (Age 69 years) | |
| Mother | Constance of Burgundy, b. 8 May 1046 d. Jan 1093 to Feb 1093 (Age 46 years) | |
| Family ID | F2363 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Spouse / Partner 1 | Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile, b. About 1070, Burgundy, France d. 24 May 1107, Grajal de Campos, Castile and León, Spain (Age 37 years)
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| Marriage | 1087 | Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain [1, 2, 4] |
| Age at Marriage | She : ~ 7 years and 8 months - He : ~ 17 years. | |
| Information | Urraca’s place in the line of succession made her the focus of dynastic politics, and she became a child bride at age eight (1087) to Raymond of Burgundy, a mercenary adventurer. Urraca's marriage to Raymond was part of Alfonso VI's diplomatic strategy to attract cross-Pyrenees alliances. Author Bernard F. Reilly suggests that, rather than a betrothal, the eight-year-old Urraca was fully wedded to Raymond of Burgundy, as he almost immediately appears in protocol documents as Alfonso VI's son-in-law, a distinction that would not have been made without the marriage. Reilly doubts that the marriage was consummated until Urraca was 13, as she was placed under the protective guardianship of a trusted magnate. Her pregnancy and stillbirth at age 14 suggest that the marriage was indeed consummated when she was 13 or 14 years old. [4] | |
Children |
1 son and 1 daughter | |
| Family ID | F2358 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 6 Dec 2021 | |
| Spouse / Partner 2 | Alfonso I, King of Aragon, b. About 1073/74 d. 7 Sep 1134 (Age 60 years) | |
| Marriage | Oct 1109 | Monzón Castle, Monzón, Aragon, Spain [1, 3] |
| Age at Marriage | She : 30 years and 6 months - He : ~ 35 years and 10 months. | |
| Annulled | 1115 [1] | |
| Information | Urraca became again an heir presumptive after the death of her half-brother Sancho at the Battle of Uclés in 1108. Alfonso VI reunited the nobles of the Kingdom in Toledo and announced that his widowed daughter was the chosen one to succeeded him. The nobles agreed with the royal designation but demanded that Urraca should marry again. Several candidates for the hand of the heiress to the thrones of León and Castile appeared immediately, including counts Gómez González and Pedro González de Lara. Alfonso VI feared that the rivalries between Castilian and Leonese nobles would be increased if she married any of these suitors and decided that his daughter should wed Alfonso I of Aragon, known as the Battler, opening the opportunity for uniting León-Castile with Aragon. [3] | |
| Family ID | F2362 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 29 Oct 2021 | |
Pedigree | ← Click to display |
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| Photos | Urraca, Queen of Léon 13-century miniature of Queen Urraca presiding the Court from Tumbo A codex Santiago de Compostela Cathedral |
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