Urraca Sánchez of Pamplona

Urraca Sánchez (fl. first half of the 10th century CE) was an Infanta of Pamplona and Queen consort of León.[1][2]

Queen Urraca, as depicted in the 16th-century Liber genealogiae regum Hispanie.

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Urraca was a daughter of Sancho I, King of Pamplona and his wife Toda of Navarre, and sister of García Sánchez I of Pamplona.[1] She was the second wife of king Ramiro II of León,[3] by him having two known children, Sancho I of León (a future king) and Elvira Ramírez (a future regent).[4][2]

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  1. ^ a b Hillgarth, J. N.; Studies, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval (2002). Religion, Text, and Society in Medieval Spain and Northern Europe: Essays in Honor of J.N. Hillgarth. PIMS. ISBN 978-0-88844-816-3.
  2. ^ a b Collins, Roger (2014-01-28). Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-73001-0.
  3. ^ Collins, Roger (1998), Parsons, John Carmi (ed.), "Queens-Dowager and Queens-Regent in Tenth-Century León and Navarre", Medieval Queenship, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 79–92, doi:10.1007/978-1-137-08859-8_6, ISBN 978-1-137-08859-8, retrieved 2024-09-24
  4. ^ Barton, Simon, ed. (2007). The world of El Cid: chronicles of the Spanish reconquest; selected sources. Manchester medieval sources (1. digital, on-demand ed.). Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-5226-2.
  • Viñayo González, Antonio (1998). Real Colegiata de San Isidoro: Historia, Arte y Vida. León: Edilesa. ISBN 84-8012-201-3.
  • Elorza, Juan C.; Lourdes Vaquero, Belén Castillo, Marta Negro (1990). Junta de Castilla y León. Consejería de Cultura y Bienestar Social. ed. El Panteón Real de las Huelgas de Burgos. Los enterramientos de los reyes de León y de Castilla (2ª edición). Editorial Evergráficas S.A.. ISBN 84-241-9999-5.
  • Prada, María Encina: Estudio antropológico del Panteón Real de San Isidoro de León 1998 ProMonumenta, número II