Jimeno Íñiguez (c. 1090 – c. 1145) was a Spanish nobleman and the lord of Cameros from about 1125. Jimeno was the son of

Íñigo Jiménez Inigo derives from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (love)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in the United Kingdom. Ear ...

, lord of Cameros, and María González, daughter of

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. He had an older sister named Urraca. He succeeded his father around 1125, but was unable to exercise control over his entire lordship on account of the conflict between Queen

Urraca of León and Castile Urraca (also spelled ''Hurraca'', ''Urracha'' and ''Hurracka'' in medieval Latin) is a female first name. In Spanish, the name means magpie, derived perhaps from Latin ''furax'', meaning "thievish", in reference to the magpie's tendency to collect ...

and King

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. He initially favoured Alfonso. His step-mother, María Beltrán, was the daughter of Count

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, one of Alfonso's most powerful followers. A document of 1128 confirms that he was then holding the town of

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on behalf of Alfonso. In 1132, Jimeno changed his allegiance, submitting to Urraca's son,

Alfonso VII Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

, while maintaining control of Ágreda. It is not clear how much control he exercised in Cameros at this time. Shortly after, he issued a '' fuero'' (charter of rights) to the town. In 1136, Alfonso VII made him lord of Calahorra. In 1144, he granted him the ''realengo'' (

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s) in Robres and

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. He died not long after, for by 1147 his son

Pedro Jiménez Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meani ...

had recouped Cameros. Besides Pedro, he had two sons: Diego, who succeeded Pedro, and Sancho. He also had three daughters: Urraca, Teresa and Sancha.

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