Urraca, Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia

1079 - 1126  (46 years)

• 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]
  She became the Countess of Galicia.
  Reign	From 1109 to 1126 (29 years)  [3]
  Queen of Galicia, Castile, León, and Toledo.
  Title(s)	1 Jul 1109 (30 years)  [1, 3]
  She became the Queen of Galicia, Castile, León, and Toledo.
  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
  + 1. Urraca, Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia,   b. Apr 1079, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain d. 8 Mar 1126, Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain  (Age 46 years) ▻ Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile,  m. 1087 ;   Alfonso I, King of Aragon,  m. Oct 1109   2. child   d. young   3. child   d. young   4. child   d. young   5. child   d. young   6. child   d. young
  Half siblings	1 half brother (family of Alfonso VI of León and Castile and Zaïda of Seville )
  1. Sancho Alfónsez,   b. Abt 1093   d. 29 May 1108  (Age 15 years)
  Half siblings	2 half sisters (family of Alfonso VI of León and Castile and Jimena Muñoz)
  > 1. Elvira Alfónsez,   b. Abt 1079   d. Aft Apr 1157  (Age 78 years) ▻ Raymond IV of Toulouse;   Fernando Fernández de Carrión + 2. Teresa Alfónsez of Castile and León,   b. Abt 1080   d. 1 Nov 1130  (Age 50 years) ▻ Henry I of Burgundy, Count of Portugal,  m. 1093
  Half siblings	2 half sisters (family of Alfonso VI of León and Castile and Isabel )
  > 1. Sancha,   b. Abt 1102   d. Bef 10 May 1125  (Age 23 years) ▻ Rodrigo González de Lara, Count of Liébana > 2. Elvira or Gelcira,   b. Abt 1103   d. 8 Feb 1135  (Age 32 years) ▻ Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Jimeno   (9 x Great Grandfather)  Aremburga  (Great Grandmother)
  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)
  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
  1. Sancha Raimúndez,   b. Between 11 Nov 1095 and 1102  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   2. Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon,   b. 1 Mar 1105, Castile, Spain d. 21 Aug 1157, La Fresneda, Aragon, Spain (Age 52 years) ▻ Berengaria of Barcelona  m. Nov 1128;   Richilde of Poland, Queen of Castile and Léon  m. Jul 1152
  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 1Urraca, Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia(1079 – 1126) 2Alfonso VI of León and Castile, King of Castile, León, and Navarre(1040 – 1109) 4Ferdinand I, King of Castile and León(1018 – 1065) 8Sancho Garcia III the Great, King of Navarre, Count of Castile and Aragon(992 – 1035) 16Garcia IV Sanchez, King of Navarre(Abt 964 – 999) 17Ximena Fernandez(Abt 970 – 1035) 9Munia Mayor(995 – 1066) 18Sancho Garcia, Count of Castile(Abt 965 – 1017) 19Urraca Salvadores( – 1025) 5Sancha of León(1013 – 1067) 10Alfonso V, King of Castile and León(994 – 1028) 20Vermudo II, King of León(Abt 953 – 999) 21Elvira Garcia of Castile(Abt 970 – 1028) 11Elvira Meneddez(Abt 996 – 1022) 22Menendo Gonzalez, Count of Galicia 23Totadomna( – Abt 1022) 3Constance of Burgundy(1046 – 1093) 6Robert III, Duke of Burgundy, Prince of France(Abt 1011 – 1076) 12Robert II, King of France(972 – 1031) 24Hugh Capet, King of France(941 – 996) 25Adelainde of Poitou(945 – Abt 1004) 13Constance of Arles(986 – 1032) 26William I, Count of Provence and Arles(955 – 994) 27Adelaide of Anjou(942 – 1026) 7Eleanor of Semur-en-Auxois(1016 – 1055) 14Damas, Sire de Semur( – 1048) 28Geoffrey I, Seigneur de Semur 29daughter of Damas, Vicomte de Brioude 15Aremburga 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Apr 1079 - Burgos, Castile and León, Spain Marriage - 1087 - Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain Marriage - Oct 1109 - Monzón Castle, Monzón, Aragon, Spain Death - 8 Mar 1126 - Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain Burial - Aft 8 Mar 1126 - Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Castile and León, Spain  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Urraca, Queen of Léon 13-century miniature of Queen Urraca presiding the Court from Tumbo A codex Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Urraca of León. [S304] Wikipedia, Raymond of Burgundy. [S304] Wikipedia, Alfonso VI of León and Castile. [S304] Wikipedia, Constance of Burgundy.