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Urraca of Portugal
Afonso in Genealogy of the Kings of Portugal (António de Holanda, 1530–1534)
Queen consort of León
Tenure1165–1175
Bornc. 1151
Coimbra
Died1188
(aged 37)
Valladolid
Burial
SpouseFerdinand II of León
IssueAlfonso IX of León
HouseHouse of Burgundy
FatherAfonso I
MotherMaud of Savoy
ReligionRoman 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.

Life

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.

Ancestry

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
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Affonso I
of Portugal
Alfonso VII of
León and Castile
Urraca of
Portugal
Ferdinand II
of León
Teresa Fernández
de Traba

Ancestors

Family of Urraca of Portugal
Preceded by Queen Consort of León
1165–1175
Succeeded by

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