378220624. Count Raymond of Galicia & 378220625. Countess Urraca of Castile
1070,
Raymond born in Amous, Burgundy, younger s/o 756441248. William I, Count of
Burgundy & 756441249. Etiennette ?.
1081, Urraca
born in Castile, d/o 756441250. Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon &
756441251. Constance of Burgundy.
1086,
‘Wilelmus comes Burgundie’ names ‘Rainaldi et Raimundi filiorum meorum’ in his
donation to Cluny. (S) FMG.
1086,
Raymond, to finance his crusade, donated to the archbishopric of Besancon [Hugh
is brother the bishop] much of his property for 7000 solidi. [Raymond admitted
most of the property was ill-obtained, and relinquished it for the good of his
soul.]
11/1086,
Raymond participated in the expedition of his brother-in-law Eudes I, duke of
Burgundy, to reconqueror Muslim held territories in support of Alfonso VI of
Castile and Leon, but arrived too late to help. During this time, Raymond and
Eudes visited Eudes’ aunt Constance of Burgundy.
4/25/1087,
Count Raimundo a witness to a grant of Alfonso VI to the clergy of Astorga
cathedral.
8/1087,
Raymond at the unsuccessful attack on Tudela. (S) FMG.
[–––Raymond & Urraca–––]
1087,
Raymond betrothed to Urraca.
11/12/1087,
Raymon’s father died.
1087-88,
Lisbon and Sintra, lost to invading Murabit from north Africa. Raymond gathered
forces in an attempt to retake the lands; but was defeated in battle close to
Lisbon.
1/28/1090,
‘Adefonsus rex Legionis et totius Hispanie imperator atque Fredenandi filius
regis’ granted privileges to Santiago de Compostela, with the advice of
‘generis mei comitis domini Raimundi’. (S) FMG.
1090,
Raymond married Urraca, was designated the heir of Alfonso VI of Castile and
Leon, and was installed in Santiago as Count and Countess of Galacia. [About
the same time, Raymond’s brother Guy, future Pope Calixtus II, became
archbishop of Vienne.]
By 1092,
‘Raymundus … Burgundie comes filius Willermi … comitis’ donated property to
Saint-Bénigne de Dijon. (S) FMG.
1092,
Raymond and Urraca took control of the government of Galacia.
5/1/1092,
‘Raymondus gener regis’ confirmed the donation by ‘Adefonsus … Hispaniarum rex
… cum coniuge mea Constantia regina’ of property to the monastery of San
Salvador de Oña. (S) FMG.
1092,
Raymond secured the see of Santiago for Dalmatius, a Cluniac monk.
1093,
Urraca’s mother died; and Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon had a son Sancho by a
mistress [nullifying his commitment to Raymond as his heir.]
5/1093,
Raymond, Conde de Galicia y Coimbra, was transferred the cities of Lisbon,
Santarem and Cintra. (S) FMG.
5/1092-1/93,
Raymond married Urraca. (S) FMG.
2/1094,
Raymond in a document of Alfonso VI named as ‘Count of Coimbra and all Galicia.’
1094, Diego
Gelmirez became the notary of Count Raymond of Galacia. (S) Key Figures in
Medieval Europe, Emmerson, 2006, P245.
1094-5,
Alfonso VI combined the fiefs of Coimbra and Oporto, south of the Minho river,
into one county and gave it to Henri of Burgundy, who was married to his
illegitimate daughter Tarasia. [Future Portugal. This likely ended the pact
between Raymond and Henri.]
12/1094-7/1095,
Raymond made an agreement with his cousin Count Henri of Burgundy for support,
under which Henri would be given Toledo on Raymon’s succession to Leon.
12/5/1095,
The Pope took the see of Santigo under his direct control. [8 days later the
Bishop died and the see became vacant.]
10/9/1096,
Pelayo Xemeniz donated land ‘en Ville Ceide’ to the monastery of San Salvador,
… ‘Sanxus comes in Toro et alius comes domino Ancricco in Auctario de Selles,
comes Remundus tenente in Coria et in Zamora.’ (S) FMG.
1/19/1097,
Brabolio Gutierrez sold land ‘en territorio de León las villas Cubillas’ to
‘Ordoño Sarraciniz y a su mujer Fronilde Ovéquiz’, … ‘comes Raimundus in
Galicia et in Zamora.’ (S) FMG.
1/1098,
Raymond styled ‘Conde de Grajal.’ (S) FMG.
4/7/1098, In
a document of Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon: ‘Reimundus totius Gallecie comes
regisque gener.’ (S) Curia and Cortes in Leon and Castile, Procter, 1980, P15.
8/13/1099, Pope Paschal II succeeded Urban II.
1/25/1100, ‘Adefonsus … Toletani imperii rex’ donated the churches of
‘Sancti Facundi et Sancti Primitivi … in vita sua dederam uxori mee Berte
regine’, to Cluny, confirmed by ‘Raimundus totius Gallecie comes et gener
regis, Urraca soror regis, Urraca regis filia et Raimundi comitis uxor, Enricus
Portugalensis comes, uxor ipsius Tarasia filia regis.’
1100, Raymond secured the election of his fried Diego Gelmirez as Bishop of Compostela. [Consecrated
4/21/1101.]
1100, ‘Raimundus comes frater comitis Stephani’ donated property to
Cluny. (S) FMG.
1102, Raymond established his principal stronghold at the castle of
Grajal. (S) FMG.
3/23/1103, ‘Waracta filia imperatoris Fernandi … Urraca regis
filia et Reimundi comiti uxor …’ subscribed the charter under which ‘Adefonsus
totius Ispanie imperator’ donated property to the monastery of San Salvador de
Oña with the consent of ‘uxoris mee Helisabet regine’. (S) FMG.
9/1107, Raymond died; Queen Urraca succeeding as regent. The magnates of Spain gave an oath of
support to Urraca and her son. Raimond buried at the Cathedral Santiago el
Mayor, Santiago de Compostela.
[–––Urraca–––]
12/18/1107,
‘Infanta dna Urraca Adefonsi imperatoris filia et totius Gallecie domina’ the
monastery of San Andrés de Trobo to Santiago de Compostela by charter. (S) FMG.
12/1107 at
Leon, Alfonso VI called a council of Galician magnates to review his succession
in Galacia. Since Count Raymond had died, Alfonso wanted his son to succeed
rather than the son of his daughter Urraca; who could rule as regent unless she
remarried. [At the council Guy of Burgundy and Diego Gelmirez named as Urraca’s
son’s guardians.]
5/1108,
Urraca’s half-brother Sancho, her father’s heir, died in battle.
1108,
Urraca’s father declared her the heiress to Castile. (S) FMG.
7/1/1109,
Urraca’s father died; Uracca succeeding
as Urraca I of Castile and Leon.
1109, Count
Henri of Portugal invaded Leon, claiming the right of his wife Tarasia
[starting a civil war that would last 5 years.]
8/1109,
Urraca lost Toledo to the Almoravides.
12/1109,
Urraca married Alfonso I of Aragon [the ‘Battler’, who seized most of her
lands. Alfonso I, 2nd s/o Sancho Ramirez, King of Aragon and
Navarre, would die without children, his heir being his younger brother Ramiro
II of Aragon, father of Petronilla of Aragon, mother of Alfonso II of Aragon.]
Many wanted her to marry Count Gomez Gonzalez.
10/26/1110,
Count Henri supported Alfonso I of Aragon in the defeat of Queen Urraca’s
forces at the battle of Candespina.
11/1110,
Queen Urraca convinced Count Henri to switch sides.
12/1110,
Count Henri joined Urraca in besieging Alfonso I of Aragon at Penafiel.
2/1111,
Count Henri met with Urraca of Leon at Palencia over partioning of her
possessions [which she did not keep.]
1111, Urraca
appealed to Rome for an annulment of her marriage on the grounds of a common
ancestor, which was granted; but not accepted by Alfonso of Aragon.
1111,
Alfonso, the son, age 6, became King of Galicia in the cathedral of Santiago de
Compostela.
1111, Pedro
Arias led an unsuccessful insurrection against Uracca and he son Alfonso.
5/1112,
Count Henri of Portugal died; but his wife Tarasia would continue the conflict
for lands in Leon.
5/14/1112,
‘Urraca totius Yspanie regina’ confirmed the donation of the monastery of San
Andrés de Trobo to Santiago de Compostela. (S) FMG.
1112, Urraca
became aligned with Pedro Gonzalez de Lara, who “displayed undue private
faliliarity with the Queen.” (S) The Lara Family, Doubleday, 2001, P21. [Pedro
and Urraca had a son and daughter, but did not marry.]
1113, Queen
Urraca vied [successfully] with her half-sister Tarasia [Teresa] of Portugal,
widow of Count Henri, for control of Leon-Castile.
6/1113 at
Burgos, A sermon by Diego Gelmirez, archbishop of Compostela, recalled the
glories of Spain under Alfonso VI; and said that since his death, under Queen
Urraca and her son ecclesiastical rights had been violated, magnates of Spain
reduced to impotence … the rest of Spain dominated by a few.
1114,
Alfonso I of Aragon accepted a papal nullification of the marriage with Urraca.
(S) Two Cities, Barber, 2004, P321.
10/1114, at
Leon, In a Synod, traitors and perjurers were condemned [adopted by Bishop
Diego Gelmirez a few weeks later.]
3/22/1115,
Urraca issued the first of multiple diplomas witnessed by Rodrigo Gonzalez
[comital title in 1121]. (S) The Lara Family, Doubleday, 2001, P143.
1115, Urraca
allied herself with the townspeople of Santiago when Bishop Glemirez and Pedro
Froilaz, count of Traba, attempted to make Alfonso I of Aragon king of Galacia.
12/25/1115,
Urraca held her Christmas court at Leon.
1116, Pope
Paschal II helped Urraca quell a revolt led by Menendo Nunez at Sahagun.
1116, Urraca
had re-established control over most of Castile.
1116, Urraca
granted donations to several monasteries; and toured her territories with her
son Alfonso.
2/1117, at
the council of Burgos, The consanguineous relationship that existed between
Urraca and Alfonso I of Aragon was defined and accepted by both parties. A
truce was created under which Alfonso kept his conquests in Castile, and Urraca
kept hers in Vizcaya and Rioja.
1117, Queen
Urraca finally won a long struggle for the allegiance of the people of Sahagun.
6/1117,
Urraca and Bishop Diego besieged in the tower of the cathedral of Copostela,
but escaped outside the city. The people eventually turned on the rebel
leaders; whose property was confiscated.
1117, By the
truce of the Council of Burgos, war between Castile and Aragon ended. Urraca
granted her son Alfonso Toledo and the trans-Duero.
1/24/1118, Pope Gelasius II succeeded Paschal II.
By 5/1118, Urraca had severed relations with Alfonso the Battler. (S)
History of Medieval Spain, O’Callaghan, 1975, P220.
2/1/1119, Pope Calixtus II succeeded Gelasius II. [Calixtus the brother of Raymond of Galicia.]
3/26/1119,
‘Urracha … Ispanie regina, regis Aldefonsi regineque Constantie filia’ donated
property to the abbey of Silos. (S) FMG.
1119, During
a revolt, Queen Urraca besieged at Leon. (S) Women in World History, Commire,
2001, P743.
3/20/1120,
Pope Calixtus wrote a letter to the bishops, princes, counts, and knights of
Spain in support of the rule of Alfonso, and against his mother Urraca.
1120, Urraca
arrested Archbishop Gelmirez. [Alfonso appealed to the Pope to not have her
excommunicated.]
8/21/1120,
‘Urraka … Ispanie regina, regis Adefonis regineque Constancie filia’ donated
‘ecclesiam Sancti Nicholai … in Villa Franca’ to Cluny. (S) FMG.
4/13/1121,
‘Urraca totius Ispanie regina et Aldefonsi imperatoris filia’ donated property
to the abbey of Silos. (S) FMG.
1121, Urraca
raised an army to invade Galicia. Urraca captured her half-sister Tarasia, but
released her at the request of Bishop Gelmires and the archbishop of Braga. A
final peace agreement was made between them.
10/7/1121,
Pope Calixtus dispatched 5 letters ordering Urraca to free the archbishop and
return all his property. (S) Calixtus II, Stroll, 2004, P259.
1123, Queen
Urraca exerted her personal control by imprisoning the powerful Count Pedro
Froilaz and isolating Gelmirez.
5/18/1123,
Dona Urraco generated a charter witnessed by abbot Lopez Ferreiro, Iglesia de
Santiago III.
11/1123,
Urraca acknowledged her ‘bastard’ son, ‘Frenandus Petri minor filius’.
1124, Urraca
reconquered Siguenza, Atienza, and Medinaceli.
12/21/1124, Pope Honorius II succeeded Calixtus
II.
4/2/1125, On
the death of Archbishop Bernard of Toledo, Alfonso and Queen Urraca wrote to
Archbishop Gelmirez to warn him against taking advantage of Bernard’s death.
7/21/1125,
Urraca issued a charter to the monastery of Silos. (S) The Kingdom of
Leon-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, Reilly, 1998, P326.
3/10/1126,
Urraca died; buried in the monastery of San Isidro, Leon.
(S) The
Kingdom of Leon-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, Reilly, 1998. (S) Crisis of
the 12th Century, Bisson, 2009. (S) Birth of the Chess Queen, Yalom,
2005. (S) Calixtus II, Stroll, 2004. (S) Medieval Iberia, Gerli, 2003, P186.
(S) Portugal, Livermore, 2004, P12.
Child
of Raymond and Urraca:
i. Alfonso VII of Spain (189110312), born 3/1/1105
in Spain.
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