Urraca
de Castilla
formerly Saldaña
Born after in Castilla
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Sister of
Sancha (Saldaña) de León
Wife of
Sancho (Castilla) de Castilla
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
before about age 84
in Covarrubias, Burgos, Castilla
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Mar 2012
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Biography
Urraca Gómez de Saldaña was the daughter of Gómez Díaz de Saldaña and his wife Muniadomna (or Muniadora) Fernández[1].
She married (c. 985-995) Sancho García, Count of Castille (Conde de Castilla)[2]and had issue:
- Munia Mayor, Condesa de Castilla
- Fernando
- Tigridia, abbess
- Sancha, married Berenguer Ramon de Barcelona
- Garcia, Conde de Castilla[2].
Urraca was Regent of the county of Castile during the minority of her son. She was murdered in Covarrubias in 1038[2].
Ancestor of Eleanor of Castile, Queen of King Edward I.
Notes
According to Cawley, Urraca's parentage is not known. Salazar y Acha supposes she was the daughter of Gómez Díaz de Saldaña based on circumstancial evidence[1].
The profile originally had 1112 as the date of her death, without citing any other source than online family trees.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Asturias Leon Nobility 8th-11th centuries, H. GÓMEZ FAMILY (SALDAÑA and CARRIÓN), Urraca Gomez. Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website (accessed Oct. 2017)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Kings of Castile and Leon, CONDES en CASTILLA, family of FERNANDO Ansúrez, Sancho Garcia (accessed Oct. 2017)
See also:
- Ancestry Family Trees: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=5ce1d5a7-0a74-43c0-9d75-59194fbeef64&tid=27418815&pid=1251; http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23363295&pid=1533147627
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Mike Anonymous
see: URRACA. UN NOMBRE EGREGIOEN LA ONOMÁSTICA ALTOMEDIEVAL by JAIME DE SALAZAR Y ACHA in "En la España medieval" 2006 p. 38 for pedigree chart. NOTE* This is a hypothesis based on ascendant names given to her children. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ELEM/article/view/ELEM0606220029A/21565.
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