Urraca (also spelled ''Hurraca'', ''Urracha'' and ''Hurracka'' in

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) is a female

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. In Spanish, the name means

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, derived perhaps from

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''furax'', meaning "thievish", in reference to the magpie's tendency to collect shiny items. The name may be of

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

origin, as suggested by

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analysis. *Urraca (9th century), purported wife of García Íñiguez of Pamplona *Urraca bint Qasi (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

917–929), wife of Fruela II of León * Urraca Sánchez of Pamplona (10th century), wife of

Ramiro II of León Ramiro II ( 900 – 1 January 951), son of Ordoño II of León, Ordoño II and Elvira Menendez, was a Kingdom of León, King of León from 931 until his death. Initially titular king only of a lesser part of the kingdom, he gained the crown of Le ...

*Urraca Fróilaz (fl. 969–978), wife of Aznar Purcelliz * Urraca Garcés (died before 1008), wife of Fernán González of Castile and William II Sánchez of Gascony *

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 996–997, and served as co-regent ...

(died 1005/7), wife of Ordoño III of León, Ordoño IV of León and of Sancho II of Pamplona *

Urraca of Covarrubias Urraca García 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 of Castile, García Fernández, List of Castil ...

(died 1038), abbess and daughter of García Fernández of Castile * Urraca, apparently Gómez (died 1039), wife of Sancho García of Castile *Urraca Sánchez (died 1041), wife of Sancho VI William of Gascony *Urraca Sánchez (11th century), wife of

Alfonso V of León Alfonso V (c. 9947 August 1028), called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. Like other kings of León, he used the title emperor () to assert his standing among the Christian rulers of Spain. He succeeded his father, Bermudo II, in 9 ...

* Urraca of Zamora (1033/4–1101), daughter of King Ferdinand I of León. *

Urraca of León and Castile Urraca ( León, 24 June 1081 – Saldaña, 8 March 1126), called the Reckless ''(La Temeraria)'', was Queen of León, Castile and Galicia from 1109 until her death. She claimed the imperial title as suo jure ''Empress of All Spain'' and '' ...

(Urraca the Reckless) (1082–1129), Queen of León and Castile, daughter of Alfonso VI, wife of

Alfonso I of Aragon Alfonso I (7 September 1134), called the Battler or the Warrior (), was King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 until his death in 1134. He was the second son of King Sancho Ramírez and successor of his brother Peter I. With his marriage to U ...

, mother of Alfonso VII * Urraca Henriques (1097-1173) - Infanta of Portugal and sister of Afonso Henriques * Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre (Urraca the Asturian) (1132–1164), daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Castile, and queen consort of García Ramírez of Navarre * Urraca of Portugal (1151–1188), daughter of Alfonso I of Portugal and wife of King Ferdinand II of León * Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal (1186/1187–1220), daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Leonor of England * Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1913–1999), daughter of

Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria Prince Ferdinand Pius (''Ferdinando Pio Maria''), Duke of Calabria and Castro (25 July 1869, Rome – 7 January 1960, Lindau), was head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and pretender to the throne of the extinct Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from ...

(1869–1960) and his wife

Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria (6 July 1872 – 10 June 1954) was the daughter of the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Ludwig III, and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849–1919), Maria Theresia of Austria-Este. Her husband ...

(1872–1954)

References

*Jaime de Salazar y Acha. 2006
"Urraca: un nombre egregio en la onomástica altomedieval"
''En la España medieval'', 29 (Extra 1), 29–48. Also published in ''Estudios de genealogía, heráldica y nobiliaria'', ed. Miguel Angel Laredo Quesada, 29–48 ().

Disambiguation

Urraca may also refer to: * Urraca Mesa, a mesa in northern New Mexico on the property of Philmont Scout Ranch, which is the most lightning-struck place in the state and has religious significance to a number of local indigenous tribes *

Urracá Urracá or Ubarragá Maniá Tigrí (died 1531) was an Ngobe, Ngäbe Amerindian chieftain or cacique in the region of present-day Panama who fought effectively against the Spanish conquistadors. The Spaniards captured Urracá when he met them to d ...

, indigenous freedom fighter of colonial Panama * Urracá, Panama, a corregimiento in Panama * Urraca, a planned, but cancelled, very high altitude (above 1000 kilometers) nuclear test in the Operation Fishbowl series in 1962. {{given name Spanish feminine given names Feminine given names