María Rodríguez (1080–1105) was countess consort of Barcelona. Daughter of

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ( – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve i ...

, more commonly known as ''El Cid Campeador'' and

Jimena Díaz Doña Jimena Díaz, also spelled Ximena (; ; before July 1046 – ), reigned as Princess of Valencia from 1099 to 1102. She was the wife and successor of El Cid, whom she married between July 1074 and 12 May 1076. The Principality of Val ...

Marriage and descendants

Sources associated with the legend of her father tell of the marriages of the daughters of ''El Cid'' to the ''

Infantes de Carrión 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 the ...

'', their humiliation by the ''Infantes'', and their subsequent remarriage to princes of Navarre and Aragon. The ''Infantes'' are entirely legendary, but given that her sister

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did marry a scion of the Navarre royal family, the latter marriages may have a historical basis. If so, the husband of María is presumed to be the son of Peter I known to have died before reaching adulthood. María was married to the Count of Barcelona, Ramon Berenguer III, receiving as a dowry ''

Tizona ''Tizona'' (also ''Tizón'') is the name of one of the medieval sword, swords carried by El Cid, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, according to the ''Cantar de Mio Cid''. The name of the second sword of El Cid is ''Colada''. A sword identified a ...

'', an ancient sword belonging to the first

counts of Urgel This is a list of the counts of county of Urgell, Urgell, a Catalan counties, county of the Principality of Catalonia in the 10th through 13th centuries. {{circa, 798–870 Counts appointed by the Carolingians *798–820 Borrell, Count of Osona ...

that Berenguer Ramon II lost in the Battle of Tébar. From this marriage were born one daughter: * María of Barcelona, countess consort of Besalú.

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