Munia Mayor

Munia Mayor (* 990/5; † after June 13, 1066 ) was Countess of Castile and Queen of Navarre .

Life

Munia was the eldest daughter of Sancho García , Count of Castile and his wife Urraca. She married Sancho III. the great , King of Navarre. In 1024 she took the name Mayor . After the murder of her brother García Sánchez , the Count of Castile, she followed in 1029 in Castile. Her husband Sancho occupied the county of Castile and the neighboring areas around Cea and Pisuerga in León . After Sancho's death, his property was divided and the eldest illegitimate son, Ramiro , became king of Aragon . From Munia's surviving sons, García Navarra , Ferdinand Castile , who became the kingdom, and Gonzalo the newly created kingdom of Sobrarbe-Ribagorza. After the death of her husband, Munia retired to the monastery. She was last mentioned on June 13, 1066 in a document in which she wanted a burial in the monastery of San Martín de Frómista , which she founded .

family

Munia married King Sancho III before June 27, 1011 . of Navarre (* around 990; † 1035). They had six children:

• Mayor Sánchez († before 1044) ∞ (before 1037) Pons-Wilhelm , Count of Toulouse (* 995/7; † 1060)
• García III. , King of Navarre (* 1005/10; † 1054)
• Gonzalo Sánchez , King of Sobrarbe - Ribagorza († 1045)
• Bernardo Sánchez († after December 17, 1024)
• Ferdinand I. Sánchez , King of Castile and León (* 1018; † 1065) ∞ (1032) Sancha of León (* 1013; † 1067), daughter of Alfonso V , King of León
• Jiména Sánchez († after December 23, 1062) ∞ (1034/5) Bermudo III. , King of León (* 1017; † 1037)

literature

• María de Pilar Rábade-Obradó: Mayor (Mumadonna, Munia) . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 6, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7608-8906-9 , Sp. 428.

Web links

• CASTILE & LEON, Counts & Kings. In: Medieval Lands. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, accessed May 12, 2012 .