Sancha Raimúndez

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Sancha Raimúndez (* probably 1095; † February 28, 1159 ) was a Spanish Infanta from the house of Burgundy-Ivrea in the 12th century.

She was a daughter of Queen Urraca of León-Castile († 1126) and her first husband Raymond of Burgundy († 1107).

Sancha's date of birth is unknown. Bernard F. Reilly identifies her with the Infanta Sancha, who is named in a document of Elvira von Toro , her great-aunt, dated November 11, 1095. Accordingly, she would have been at least ten years older than her brother Alfonso VII, born in 1105 . As her own possession (infantaticum) she had received the Grajal de Campos castle built by her father , as whose mistress she was first mentioned in 1119. Later she received other goods such as Olmedo or Medina de Rioseco . Sancha had remained unmarried throughout her life and had held an influential position at her brother's court, including as a tutor to her nieces. In May 1135 she took part in her brother's coronation as emperor in León and founded the monastery of La Santa Espina in 1147 . On 25 January 1155 it is the first time in a donation to the Abbey of San Pedro of Eslonza with the title of Queen (Sancia regina) is a document that was her well granted because of its high reputation, much like already once her great-aunt Urraca of Zamora him Had led. According to the epitaph of her grave in the Abbey of San Isidoro in León , Sancha died on the last day of February 1159.

literature

  • Luisa García Calles: Doña Sancha: Hermana del Emperador. León-Barcelona, ​​1972.
  • Bernard F. Reilly: The Kingdom of León-Castilla under Queen Urraca. 1109-1126. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1982, ISBN 0-691-05274-3 ( online ).
  • Bernard F. Reilly: The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI 1065-1109. Princeton University Press, 1988 ( online ).
  • Bernard F. Reilly: The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archivo de San Isidoro de León, Reales, No. 132. Cf. Reilly (1982), §2, p. 45 and (1988), §16, pp. 333–334.
  2. ↑ See Reilly (1998), §5, pp. 139-141.
  3. ↑ Cartulario del Monasterio de Eslonza: Primera Patre, ed. by Vicente Vignau Ballester (1885), No. 15, pp. 28-30.
personal data
SURNAME Sancha Raimúndez
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the House of Burgundy-Ivrea
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1095
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1159