URRACA

ooräˈkä, d. 1126, Spanish queen of Castile and León (1109–26), daughter and successor of Alfonso VI. Her first husband, Raymond of Burgundy, died in 1107, and in 1109 she was married to Alfonso I of Aragón. Her reign was disturbed by strife among the powerful nobles and especially by recurrent warfare with her husband, who had seized her lands. The marriage was annulled in 1114, and Urraca recovered most of her lands with the help of her son by her first husband. He succeeded her as Alfonso VII.

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1.
A History of Portugal
Book by H. V. Livermore; Cambridge University Press, 1947
Subjects: Portugal--History
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The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile
Book by Joseph F. O'Callaghan; Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2002
Subjects: Castile (Spain)--History
...King of Leon-Castile (1065-1109) 3 3 Urraca, Queen of Leon-Castile (1109-1126) 7...Almoravids arose when Alfonso VIs daughter Urraca, queen of Leon-Castile (1109-1126...The Kingdom of Leon-Castilla under Queen Urraca, 1109-1126 (Princeton: Princeton University...
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The Christian Recovery of Spain: Being the Story of Spain from the Moorish Conquest to the Fall of Granada (711-1492 A.D.)
Book by Henry Edward Watts; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1894
Subjects: Arabs--Spain, Spain--History
...and Aragon -- Discord under Queen Urraca -- Alfonso the Battler -- Separation...EFFIGY OF QUEEN URRACA IN THE CHURCH OF S. VICENTE AT AVILA...was restored to liberty, his daughter Urraca not to be confounded with a more celebrated...
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The Singer and the Scribe: European Ballad Traditions and European Ballad Cultures
Book by Philip E. Bennett, Richard Firth Green; Ropopi, 2004
Subjects: Ballads, English--History And Criticism, Ballads--Europe--History And Criticism
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The Big Red Book of Spanish Idioms: 12,000 Spanish and English Expressions
Book by Peter Weibel; McGraw-Hill, 2004
Subjects: Spanish Language--Idioms
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Mythic and Cinematic Traditions in Anthony Mann's 'El Cid.'
Journal article by Martin M. Winkler; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 26, 1993
Subjects: El Cid (Motion Picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Mann, Anthony (Director)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Ferdinands children are Sancho, Alfonso and Urraca. The princes, with their weaknesses of...Poema. In Corneilles drama, Princess Urraca openly confesses her love for Rodrigo...regards Chimene as her rival. The films Urraca, in a memorable performance by Genevieve...
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Political and Gender Transgressions in Lope De Vega's la Varona Castellana
Journal article by Luzmila Camacho Platero; West Virginia University Philological Papers, Vol. 51, 2004
Subjects: Dramatic characterization, Gender identity--Political aspects, Gender identity--Social aspects, Iberian Peninsula--History, La Varona Castellana (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Vega, Lope de--Criticism and interpretation, War--Portrayals, Wars--Portrayals, Women and the military--History, Women and the military--Portrayals, Women military personnel--History, Women military personnel--Portrayals
...Christian kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula: Castile-Leon and Aragon. After the death of her husband, Raimundo de Borgona, dona Urraca (1109-1126), Queen of Leon and Castile, was forced by her father, Alfonso VI, to marry her cousin, Alfonso I, King of Aragon...
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The Effect of Varied Rehearsal Strategies Used to Complement Visualized Instruction in Facilitating Achievement of Different Learning Objectives
Journal article by Lisba L. Pineda De Romero, Francis Dwyer; International Journal of Instructional Media, Vol. 32, 2005
Subjects: Academic achievement--Analysis, Visualization (Mental images)--Influence, Visualization (Psychology)--Influence
...hundred forty-nine twelfth grade students attending the Instituto Urraca in Santiago-Panama were randomly assigned to one of the four...hundred forty-nine twelfth grade students attending the Instituto Urraca in Santiago-Panama were randomly assigned to four treatment...
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Alberto Sanchez. Don Quijote, Ciudadano del Mundo Y Otros Ensayos Cervantinos
Journal article by Angelo Disalvo; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 22, 2002
Subjects: Don Quijote, ciudadano del mundo y otros ensayos cervantinos (Libro)
...from the Carolingian cycle, "Romance de Valdovinos," and "El Marques de Mantua." Other ballads discussed are "Romance de dona Urraca" the "Romance de las guerras civiles de Granada" (16). Also mentioned are the "Romance de Durandarte y Belerma" and the Carolingian...
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Of History, Myth, and Gender in the Reign of Isabel of Castile
Journal article by Anne J. Cruz; CLIO, Vol. 34, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Isabel Rules: Constructing Queenship, Wielding Power (Book)--Book reviews, Isabel la Catolica, Queen of Castile: Critical Essays (Book)--Book reviews, Women, Texts and Authority in the Early Modern Spanish World (Book)--Book reviews
...Essays, ed. David Boruchoff (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), 225-94. (2.) In Spain alone, medieval women rulers included Urraca de Castilla (1109-26); Juana II de Navarra (1328-49), Leonor de Castilla (1307-59); Leonor de Alburquerque "la Ricahembra...
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Peten Crafts a Future
Magazine article by Kathyrn Stafford; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 46, September 1994
Subjects: Peten, Guatemala--Environmental aspects, Sustainable forestry--Management
...through the woods he knows so well, he identifies the calls of birds as they pass overhead and pierce the morning air--chachalaca, urraca, tordito. Standing in a grove of ramon trees, Manuel rapidly recites what can be extracted or made from the living tree--fruit...


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encyclopedia articles on: Urraca  - 6 results

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Urraca
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
URRACA oora ka, d. 1126, Spanish queen of Castile and Leon (1109 26), daughter and successor of Alfonso VI. Her first husband...nobles and especially by recurrent warfare with her husband, who had seized her lands. The marriage was annulled in 1114, and Urraca recovered most of her lands with the help of her son by her first husband. He succeeded her as Alfonso VII...
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Henry of Burgundy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...his cousin Raymond, who was the husband of Alfonsos daughter Urraca. To Henry, Alfonso gave his illegitimate daughter Teresa and...to enhance his position by war and intrigues with and against Urraca, her son Alfonso (later Alfonso VII of Castile), and her second...
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Alfonso VII , Spanish King of Castile and León
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...king of Castile and Leon (Alfonso the Emperor), 1104 57, Spanish king of Castile and Leon (1126 57), son and successor of Urraca . He recovered the places in Castile that his stepfather, Alfonso I of Aragon, had occupied and soon gained supremacy over the...
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Sancho II , Spanish King of Castile
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Castile (1065 72), son and successor of Ferdinand I. He conquered (1072) Leon from his brother Alfonso VI , but his sister Urraca rebelled against him at Zamora, and Sancho was assassinated while besieging the city. He was succeeded by Alfonso VI...
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Alfonso I , King of Aragón and Navarre
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Battler)alfon so, al , d. 1134, king of Aragon and Navarre (1104 34), brother and successor of Peter I. The husband of Urraca , queen of Castile, he fought unsuccessfully to extend his authority over her kingdom. He also fought energetically against...
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