Urraca of Portugal

Urraca of Portugal

Statue of Urraca of Portugal in Cathedral of Tui, Tui Galicia, Spain
Queen consort of León
Tenure 1165–1175
Spouse Ferdinand II of León
Issue Alfonso IX of León
House House of Burgundy
Father Afonso I
Mother Maud of Savoy
Born c. 1151
Coimbra
Died 1188
(aged 37)
Valladolid
Burial Basilica of San Isidoro
Religion Roman Catholicism

Infanta Urraca of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [uˈʁakɐ]; (1151 – 1188) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), daughter of Afonso I, 1st King of Portugal and Queen Maud of Savoy.

Urraca was born at Coimbra. She married Ferdinand II of León (c. 1165) with whom she had Alfonso IX of León. This marriage failed to prevent her father Afonso I from declaring war on Ferdinand after he became his son-in-law. This short war culminated in disaster when Afonso was captured in Badajoz. Perhaps due to his marriage to Urraca, Ferdinand was generous to Afonso, and let him leave. However, the marriage of Ferdinand II and Urraca was annulled in 1175 by the Pope, the two being second cousins, great-grandchildren of Alfonso VI of León and Castile. That this was political in nature is shown by Ferdinand's remarriage to Teresa Fernández de Traba, the half-aunt of Urraca and thus a generation closer to Alfonso VI.

After the dissolution of her marriage, Urraca returned to the court of her father at Valladolid, and died there, aged only 37, nine months after the death of her former husband.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Jimena
Muñoz
 
Alfonso VI
León and Castile
 
Constance
of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Henry, Count
of Portugal
 
Theresa, Countess
of Portugal
 
Fernando Pérez
de Traba
 
Urraca of
León and Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affonso I
of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alfonso VII of
León and Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Urraca of
Portugal
 
Ferdinand II
of León
 
Teresa Fernández
de Traba
 
 

Ancestors

Preceded by
Richeza of Poland		 Queen Consort of León
1165–1175 		Succeeded by
Teresa Fernández de Traba