1070 - 1107 (37 years)
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Name |
Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
About 1070 |
Burgundy, France [1, 3] |
General Information |
He was also Count of Galicia, Coimbra, and d'Amous; and the Governor of Toledo. [1] |
Military |
say 1086 (Age 16) [1, 3] |
When Raymond and his cousin, Henry of Burgundy, first arrived in Iberia is uncertain, but it probably was with the army of Duke Odo I of Burgundy in 1086. In April 1087, the army abandoned the siege of Tudela. While most of the army returned home, Odo and his retinue went west. By 21 July 1087 they were probably at Burgos, at the court of King Alfonso VI of León and Castile, and by 5 August he was in the capital city of León. There Odo most likely arranged Raymond's marriage to Alfonso's heiress, Urraca. |
Miscellaneous |
1095 (Age 25) [3] |
By his marriage, Raymond received as dowry the government of the Kingdom of Galicia (which included the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra),[2] although shortly after, in 1095, Alfonso VI gave the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra to Henry of Burgundy, father of the first Portuguese King Afonso Henriques of Portugal, basing it in Bracara Augusta (nowadays Braga. |
Death |
24 May 1107 |
Grajal de Campos, Castile and León, Spain [1, 2, 3] |
Burial |
— |
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain [1] |
Siblings |
7 Siblings |
| 1. Stephen, Count of Vienne, Mâcon, and Burgundy, b. Abt 1055 d. 27 May 1102, Rama, Holy Land (not found) (Age 47 years) ▻ Beatrice | + | 2. Ermentrude of Burgundy, b. Abt 1060 d. After 8 Mar 1105 (Age 45 years) ▻ Thierry II, Count of Bar-le-Duc and Montbéliard, m. 1065 | | 3. Sibylle of Burgunday, b. 1065 d. 1103 (Age 38 years) ▻ Eudes I Borel, Duke of Burgundy, m. 1080 | + | 4. Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile, b. About 1070, Burgundy, France d. 24 May 1107, Grajal de Campos, Castile and León, Spain (Age 37 years) ▻ Urraca "la Temeraria", Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia, m. 1087 | + | 5. Gisela de Bourgogne, b. About 1070 d. After 1133 (Age 64 years) ▻ Rainer, Margrave of Montferrat, m. Abt 1080 ; Humbert II "il Gross", Count of Maurienne and Savoy, m. 1090 | | 6. Clemence of Burgundy ▻ Godfrey I of Brabant "the Beareded", Duke of Brabant and Lower Lorraine, m. Abt 1121 | | 7. Pope Calixtus II, b. Burgundy, France d. 3 Dec 1124 | | 8. Berta of Burgundy d. Bef 15 Jan 1100 ▻ Alfonso VI of León and Castile "the Brave", King of Castile, León, and Navarre, m. Aft 25 Nov 1093 | |
Person ID |
I2978 |
| Roy Line, Boudreau Line |
Last Modified |
6 Dec 2021 |
Family |
Urraca "la Temeraria", Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia, b. Apr 1079, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain d. 8 Mar 1126, Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain (Age 46 years) |
Marriage |
1087 |
Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain [1, 2, 3] |
Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 17 years - She : ~ 7 years and 8 months. |
Information |
Urraca’s place in the line of succession made her the focus of dynastic politics, and she became a child bride at age eight (1087) to Raymond of Burgundy, a mercenary adventurer. Urraca's marriage to Raymond was part of Alfonso VI's diplomatic strategy to attract cross-Pyrenees alliances. Author Bernard F. Reilly suggests that, rather than a betrothal, the eight-year-old Urraca was fully wedded to Raymond of Burgundy, as he almost immediately appears in protocol documents as Alfonso VI's son-in-law, a distinction that would not have been made without the marriage. Reilly doubts that the marriage was consummated until Urraca was 13, as she was placed under the protective guardianship of a trusted magnate. Her pregnancy and stillbirth at age 14 suggest that the marriage was indeed consummated when she was 13 or 14 years old. [3] |
Children |
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Family ID |
F2358 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
6 Dec 2021 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - About 1070 - Burgundy, France |
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| Marriage - 1087 - Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain |
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| Child - Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon - 1 Mar 1105 - Castile, Spain |
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| Death - 24 May 1107 - Grajal de Campos, Castile and León, Spain |
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| Burial - — - Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain |
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Pin Legend |
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Photos |
| Raymond of Burgundy Raymond in a miniature of the Tumbo A cartulary in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the chief bishopric of his dominion. |
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Sources |
- [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).
- [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).
- [S304] Wikipedia, Raymond of Burgundy.
- [S304] Wikipedia, Urraca of León.
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