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Urraca of Castile (died after January 1038) was co-regent of Castile during the minority of her nephew, García Sánchez of Castile, in 1017-28.
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Urraca of Castile (died after January 1038) was co-regent of Castile during the minority of her nephew, García Sánchez of Castile, in 1017-28.
Life
She was the daughter of García Fernández,count
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
of Castile, and his spouse Ava de Ribagorza. On 24 November 978, her parents gave her the place known as Covarrubias and many other villas and properties throughout Castile as well as the Abbey of Saint Cosme and Saint Damian, and other villas and salt mines in Álava
Álava ( in Spanish) or Araba (), officially Araba/Álava, is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Álava, former medieval Catholic bishopric and now Latin titular see.
Its ca ...
. All of these properties would become what was known as the ''Infantado'' which in the future would be assigned to any infanta
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or daughter of a count of Castile who remained single.
The foundational charter of the ''Infantado'' and her profession as a nun in the monastery was witnessed by her parents, her siblings Sancho
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, Gonzalo
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, Toda, her aunt Fronilde Fernández, and by King Sancho II of Pamplona
Sancho Garcés II (Basque: ''Antso II.a Gartzez'', c. 938 – 994), also known as Sancho II, was King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon from 970 until his death in 994. He was the eldest son of García Sánchez I of Pamplona and Andregoto Galínde ...
and his wife and her aunt, Urraca Fernández
Urraca Fernández (died 1007) was queen of León and Navarre as the wife of two kings of León and one king of Navarre between 951 and 994. She acted as regent for her son Gonzalo in the County of Aragon in circa 996-997, and served as co-regent ...
. Urraca's other sisters, Mayor, Elvira García of Castile
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, and Oneca probably had not been born yet or were too small to be present in the ceremony. Urraca governed the monastery as its abbess.
After her brother Sancho
The name Sancho is an Iberian name of Basque origin (Santxo, Santzo, Santso, Antzo, Sans). Sancho stems from the Latin name Sanctius.Eichler, Ernst; Hilty, Gerold; Löffler, Heinrich; Steger, Hugo; Zgusta, Ladislav: ''Namenforschung/Name Studies/ ...
was killed, she shared the regency for García Sánchez of Castile together with Jimena Fernández, the widow of King García Sánchez II, Jimena's son, King Sancho III of Pamplona
Sancho Garcés III ( 992-996 – 18 October 1035), also known as Sancho the Great ( es, Sancho el Mayor, eu, Antso Gartzez Nagusia), was the King of Pamplona from 1004 until his death in 1035. He also ruled the County of Aragon and by marriage ...
, and by the king's wife and Urraca's niece, Queen Muniadona. Urraca last appears in medieval charters on 1 January 1038 in the Monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza
San Pedro de Arlanza is a ruined Benedictine monastery in north central Spain.
It is located in the valley of the river Arlanza in Hortigüela, Burgos. Founded in 912, it has been called the "cradle of Castile" (''cuna de Castilla''). It was aband ...
Legacy
A tower at Covarrubias is named after her.References
Bibliography
*External links
Women in power 1000-1100" from Guide2womenleaders.com, last accessed May 29, 2015
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