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Urraca Gómez
Urraca Gómez (died 1039) was Countess of Castile through her marriage to Count Sancho Garcia of Castile. She was Regent of Castile during the minority of her son García Sánchez of Castile between 1017 and 1025. Life Urraca Gómez was born to Gómez Diaz, count of Saldaña, and Muniadomna Fernández of Castile, and thus was a grandchild of Fernán González of Castile. In 994, she married her cousin, who at the time of their wedding was in rebellion against his father with the support of the Moors under Almanzor Abu ʿĀmir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Abi ʿĀmir al-Maʿafiri (), nicknamed al-Manṣūr (, "the Victorious"), which is often Latinized as Almanzor in Spanish, Almansor in Catalan language, Catalan and Almançor in Portuguese ( 938 – 8 A ... and his mother Ava of Ribagorza. In 1017, her spouse died and was succeeded by their son García Sánchez of Castile. Because her son was a minor, a Regency Council was formed consisting of a group of Castilian ...
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Kingdom Of Castile
The Kingdom of Castile (; : ) was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. It traces its origins to the 9th-century County of Castile (, ), as an eastern frontier lordship of the Kingdom of León. During the 10th century, the Castilian counts increased their autonomy, but it was not until 1065 that it was separated from the Kingdom of León and became a kingdom in its own right. Between 1072 and 1157, it was again united with León, and after 1230, the union became permanent. Throughout that period, the Castilian kings made extensive conquests in southern Iberia at the expense of the Islamic principalities. The Kingdoms of Castile and of León, with their southern acquisitions, came to be known collectively as the Crown of Castile, a term that also came to encompass overseas expansion. History 9th to 11th centuries: beginnings According to the chronicles of Alfonso III of Asturias, the first reference to the name "Castile" (Castilla) can be found in a documen ...
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Sancho Garcia Of Castile
The name Sancho () is an Iberian name of Basque origin (Santxo, Santzo, Santso, Antzo, Sans). Sancho stems from the Latin name Sanctius. Feminine forms of the name are Sancha, Sancia, and Sanchia (), and the common patronymic is Sánchez and Sanches. Outside the Spanish-speaking world, the name is especially associated with the literary character Sancho Panza. Sancho is a common slang term in the Spanish speaking world for the other man in the relationship. As in a spouse or girlfriend who is being unfaithful with a Sancho. Sancha is the feminine equivalent. Kings of Navarre * Sancho I * Sancho II * Sancho III * Sancho IV * Sancho V (also king of Aragon) * Sancho VI * Sancho VII Kings of León and Castile * Sancho I (León) * Sancho II (León and Castille) * Sancho III (Castille) * Sancho IV (León and Castille) Kings of Portugal * Sancho I, ''o Povoador'' * Sancho II, ''o Capelo'' King of Majorca * Sancho Dukes of Gascony * Sancho I * Sancho II * Sancho III * Sancho ...
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García Sánchez Of Castile
García Sánchez (died 1029) was the last independent count of Castile from 1017 to his death. Son of Sancho García and his wife Urraca, he succeeded his father when he was only a boy. During his minority the post of regent was held by several Castilian magnates and Urraca, Abbess of Covarrubias, the young count's aunt. The county fell under the protection of his brother-in-law, King Sancho III of Pamplona (Sancho the Great). He reached his majority in 1028 and the next year travelled to León to marry '' Infanta'' Sancha, sister of Bermudo III of León. However, as he was entering the church of John the Baptist for the ceremony, he was assassinated by a pair of exiled Castilian noblemen, the brothers Rodrigo Vela and Íñigo Vela.Bernard F. Reilly, ''The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1031-1157'', (Blackwell, 1995), 26. The countship was assigned to his nephew Ferdinand Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , ...
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Saldaña, Palencia
Saldaña is a town and municipality in the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain, and may be the town of "Eldana" mentioned by the historian Ptolemy as being conquered by the Roman Empire. Geographically, the town is situated on the banks of the River Carrión. The town's connection to the Roman Era is reflected in the beautiful remains of a villa attributed to the emperor Theodosius I. From the 10th to the 11th century, Saldaña was the seat of a family of powerful counts, the Banu Gómez. The medieval counts of Saldaña figure in local history and literature. Anachronistically, they appear in tales related to the exploits of the semi-legendary figure Bernardo del Carpio, while their legendary scions, the ''Infantes de Carrión'', prove rivals of the hero in the ''Cantar de Mio Cid''. It was here in 1149 that Berenguela of Barcelona died. Saldaña is also known for its popular open-air market day held each Tuesday in the town's cent ...
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Fernán González Of Castile
Fernán González (died 970) was the first autonomous count of Castile. Fernán González was a colourful character of legendary status in Iberia, and founder of the dynasty that would rule a semi-autonomous Castile, laying the foundations for its status as an independent kingdom. In the year 930, Fernán's name appears with the title of count inside the administrative organization of the eastern Kingdom of León. Early life and family Fernán was the son of Gonzalo Fernández, who had been named count of Arlanza and the Duero around the year 900, and by tradition a descendant of semi-legendary judge Nuño Rasura. His mother Muniadona was so well remembered that the later counts of Castile would sometimes be recorded by Iberian Muslim scholars as ''Ibn Māma Duna'' (descendant of Muniadona). Fernán González grew up in the castle of Lara, where his father had begun the process of reuniting the fractured counties of Old Castile. What had been a single county under Rodrigo ...
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Al-Mansur
Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ‎; 714 – 6 October 775) usually known simply as by his laqab al-Manṣūr () was the second Abbasid caliph, reigning from 754 to 775 succeeding his brother al-Saffah (). He is known for founding the 'Round City' of Madinat al-Salam, which was to become the core of imperial Baghdad. Modern historians regard al-Mansur as the real founder of the Abbasid Caliphate, one of the largest polities in world history, for his role in stabilizing and institutionalizing the dynasty.''The Cambridge History of Islam, volume 1: The Formation of the Islamic World'', ed. Chase F Robinson, March 2011 Background and early life According to al-Suyuti's ''History of the Caliphs'', al-Mansur lived 95 AH – 158 AH (714 CE – 6 October 775 CE). Al-Mansur was born at the home of the Abbasid family in Humeima (modern-day Jordan) after their emigration from the Hejaz in 714 (95 AH). His mother was Sallamah, a slave woman. Al-Mansur was a brot ...
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Ava Of Ribagorza
Ava of Cerdanya (died 961) was countess consort of Cerdanya and Besalú. She ruled as regent during the minority of her sons from 927 until 941. Life The origin of Ava is unconfirmed. She has been suggested to be the daughter of a local aristocrat named Fidel, or Bernard Unifred, or Acfred of Carcassonne, a member of the Ribagorça family. Around the year 900, she married Miró II of Cerdanya and Besalú, with whom she had four sons, who all became counts, and a daughter: *Sunifred II of Cerdanya (915–968), count of Cerdanya and count of Besalú *Wilfred II of Besalú (?-957), count of Besalú * Miró III of Cerdanya (920–984), count of Cerdanya and Besalú, and bishop of Girona *Oliba Cabreta (920–990), count of Cerdanya, Besalú, and count of Ripoll * Fredeburga of Cerdanya, abbess of the Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses Upon the death of her spouse in 927, she ruled the county as a regent for their children, who were still minors. During her regency, she was for ...
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11th-century Deaths
The 11th century is the period from 1001 (represented by the Roman numerals MI) through 1100 (MC) in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the 1st century of the 2nd millennium. In the history of Europe, this period is considered the early part of the High Middle Ages. There was, after a brief ascendancy, a sudden decline of Byzantine power and a rise of Norman domination over much of Europe, along with the prominent role in Europe of notably influential popes. Christendom experienced a formal schism in this century which had been developing over previous centuries between the Latin West and Byzantine East, causing a split in its two largest denominations to this day: Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. In Song dynasty China and the classical Islamic world, this century marked the high point for both classical Chinese civilization, science and technology, and classical Islamic science, philosophy, technology and literature. Rival political factions at the Song dynast ...
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Spanish Countesses
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Year Of Birth Unknown
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons ar ...
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11th-century Women Regents
The 11th century is the period from 1001 (represented by the Roman numerals MI) through 1100 (MC) in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the 1st century of the 2nd millennium. In the history of Europe, this period is considered the early part of the High Middle Ages. There was, after a brief ascendancy, a sudden decline of Byzantine power and a rise of Norman domination over much of Europe, along with the prominent role in Europe of notably influential popes. Christendom experienced a formal schism in this century which had been developing over previous centuries between the Latin West and Byzantine East, causing a split in its two largest denominations to this day: Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. In Song dynasty China and the classical Islamic world, this century marked the high point for both classical Chinese civilization, science and technology, and classical Islamic science, philosophy, technology and literature. Rival political factions at the Song dynasty ...
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