Urraca Fernández (died 1007) was queen of León and

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

as the wife of two

kings of León In the reign of Ordoño I of Asturias (850–866), the kingdom began to be known as that of León. In 910, an independent Kingdom of León was founded when the king of Asturias divided his territory amongst his three sons. Below follows a ...

and one

king of Navarre This is a list of the kings and queens of kingdom of Pamplona, Pamplona, later kingdom of Navarre, Navarre. Pamplona was the primary name of the kingdom until its union with Kingdom of Aragon, Aragon (1076–1134). However, the territorial desig ...

between 951 and 994. She acted as regent for her son Gonzalo in the

County of Aragon The County of Aragon ( an, Condato d'Aragón) or County of Jaca ( an, Condato de Chaca, link=no) was a small Frankish marcher county in the central Pyrenean valley of the Aragon river, comprising Ansó, Echo, and Canfranc and centered on the smal ...

in circa 996-997, and served as co-regent of the Kingdom of Navarre, along with her daughter-in-law

Jimena Fernández Jimena Fernández (970-1045) was queen of León and Navarre as the wife of García Sánchez II of Pamplona.Martín Duque, Ángel J; Pavón Benito, Julia (2014). Reinas de Navarra - Jimena Fernández (c. 970-c. 1045) esposa de García Sánchez. Madr ...

and the bishops of Navarre, during the minor regency of her grandson Sancho III in circa 1004-1010.

Life

She was ''

infanta ''Infante'' (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as Infant or translated as Prince, is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to th ...

'' of Castile and daughter of Count

Fernán González Fernan or Fernán is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres, Spanish nobleman * Fernán Caballero (1796–1877), Spanish novelist * Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921–2007), Spanish actor ...

and queen Sancha Sánchez of Pamplona. She was first married by her father to

Ordoño III of León Ordoño III (–956) was the King of León from 951 to 956, son and successor of Ramiro II (931–951). He confronted Navarre and Castile, who supported his half-brother Sancho the Fat in disputing Ordoño's claim to the throne. He a ...

in 951. By him she had one child: *

Bermudo II of León Bermudo (or Vermudo) II (c. 953 – September 999), called the Gouty ( es, el Gotoso), was first a rival king in Galicia (982–984) and then king of the entire Kingdom of León (984–999). His reign is summed up by Justo Pérez de Urbel's desc ...

, whose maternity is subject to scholarly debateAlfonso Ceballos-Escalera (p. 159 de su obra Reyes de León: Ordoño III (951–956), Sancho I (956–966), Ordoño IV (958–959), Ramiro III (966–985), Vermudo II (982–999), editorial La Olmeda, Burgos, 2000 ) In 958, after Ordoño's death, she was remarried to Ordoño IV. He died in 960. Her third and most important marriage was contracted in 962 to

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 ...

. Both Sancho and Urraca were grandchildren of

Sancho I of Pamplona Sancho Garcés I (Basque: ''Antso Ia. Gartzez''; c. 860 – 10 December 925), also known as Sancho I, was king of Pamplona from 905 until 925. He was the son of García Jiménez and was the first king of Pamplona of the Jiménez dynasty. Sancho I ...

. With Sancho, she had several children: * García Sánchez II of Pamplona *Ramiro (died 992) *

Gonzalo Gonzalo may refer to: * Gonzalo (name) * Gonzalo, Dominican Republic, a small town * Isla Gonzalo, a subantarctic island operated by the Chilean Navy * Hurricane Gonzalo, 2014 See also * Gonzalez (disambiguation) * Gonzales (disambiguation) * ...

, who ruled the

with Urraca as regent *Urraca Sanchez, nicknamed "''the Basque''", adopted the Arabic name Abda after being given to Almanzor Ruler of Al-Andalus by her father

. Urraca and Almanzor had a single son, named Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo that became chief minister of

Hisham II Hisham II or Abu'l-Walid Hisham II al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah (, Abū'l-Walīd Hishām al-Muʾayyad bi-ʾllāh) (son of Al-Hakam II and Subh of Cordoba) was the third Umayyad Caliph of Spain, in Al-Andalus from 976 to 1009, and 1010–13. Reign In 9 ...

Caliph of Córdoba A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

Notes

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Urraca 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 collec ...

House of Lara Year of birth unknown Burials at the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña 10th-century people from the Kingdom of León 10th-century Spanish women 10th-century people from the Kingdom of Pamplona 11th-century women rulers Queen mothers