Urraca Sánchez of Pamplona

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

Urraca Sánchez was an Infanta of Pamplona and Queen consort of León.

Family

Urraca was a daughter of Sancho I, King of Pamplona and his wife Toda of Navarre, and sister of García Sánchez I of Pamplona. She was the second wife of king Ramiro II of León, by him having two known children, later king Sancho I of León and regent Elvira Ramírez.

References

  • 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.
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