Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal
Urraca | |
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Queen consort of Portugal | |
Tenure | 26 March 1212 – 3 November 1220 |
Spouse | Afonso II of Portugal |
Issue |
Sancho II of Portugal Afonso III of Portugal Eleanor, Queen of Denmark Fernando, Lord of Serpa |
House | House of Burgundy |
Father | Alfonso VIII of Castile |
Mother | Eleanor of England |
Born | 1186/28 May 1187 |
Died |
3 November 1220 Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Urraca of Castile (1186/28 May 1187 – 3 November 1220) was a daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile[1] and Leonor of England.[2] Her maternal grandparents were Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Urraca was originally considered as a prospective bride for Louis VIII of France, but Eleanor objected to her name (Urraca means magpie in Castilian), preferring the Castilian name of Urraca's sister Blanche, Blanca.[3]
In 1206 Urraca married twenty-one-year-old Afonso II of Portugal,[4][5] who was the "infante", the intended heir to the throne. They were the parents of at least four children:
- Sancho II of Portugal
- Afonso III of Portugal
- Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark
- Fernando, Lord of Serpa
It is possible Urraca also bore Vicente, who was supposedly buried at the Alcobaça Monastery.[6]
In 1212 her husband became king and she became queen. Afonso II indicated in his will in 1214 that Urraca should be the regent for his heir should he pre-decease her. Unfortunately, she died before him at a relatively young age in 1220.[7] Urraca was buried at the Alcobaça Monastery.
References
- ↑ Gonzalo Martínez Diez, Alfonso VIII, rey de Castilla y Toledo (1158-1214)
- ↑ Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium
- ↑ Seward, Desmond (1978). Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Mother Queen. New York: Dorset Press. p. 233. ISBN 0-88029-055-2.
- ↑ H. Salvador Martínez, Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography, page 29
- ↑ Roderici Toletani Archiepiscopi De Rebus Hispaniæ
- ↑ Family of Afonso II
- ↑ Shadis, Miriam (2010). Berenguela of Castile (1180–1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-312-23473-7.
Preceded by Dulce of Aragon |
Queen consort of Portugal 1211–1220 |
Succeeded by Mécia Lopes de Haro |
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