Raymond of Burgundy

Raymond of Burgundy
Count of Galicia
Raymond in a miniature of the Tumbo A cartulary in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the chief bishopric of his dominion.
Spouse Urraca of León and Castile
Issue
Alfonso VII of León and Castile
House House of Burgundy
Father William I
Mother Stephanie
Born 1070
Besançon, County of Burgundy
Died 1107
Burial Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Raymond of Burgundy (Galician, Spanish and Portuguese: Raimundo) was the fourth son of William I, Count of Burgundy, and was Count of Amous. He came to the Iberian Peninsula for the first time during the period 1086–1087 with Odo I, Duke of Burgundy. He came for the second time (1090) to marry Urraca of Castile, eventual heiress of King Alfonso VI of León and Castile.

He came with his cousin Henry of Burgundy, who married another daughter of Alfonso VI, Teresa of León (or Portugal). By his marriage Raymond received the government of the Kingdom of Galicia (which included the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra), with the title of count and under the govern of Alfonso VI. Shortly after, Alfonso VI gave the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra to Henry of Burgundy, father of the first Portuguese King Afonso Henriques of Portugal, basing it in Bracara Augusta (nowadays Braga).

He was father of Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1104/1105–1157).

His brother later became Pope Callixtus II.