Urraca Gomez (died c. 1039) was Countess of Castile through her marriage to Count Sancho Garcia of Castile. She was Regent of Castile during the minority of her son García Sánchez of Castile between 1017 and 1025.
Life
editUrraca Gómez was born to Gomez Diaz, count of Saldaña, and Muniadomna Fernández of Castile, and thus was a grandchild of Fernán González of Castile.[1]
In 994, she married her cousin, who at the time of their wedding was in rebellion against his father with the support of the Moors under Almanzor and his mother Ava of Ribagorza.[2]
Regency and later life
editIn 1017, her spouse died and was succeeded by their son García Sánchez of Castile. Because her son was a minor, a Regency Council was formed consisting of a group of Castilian noblemen and his mother Urraca Gómez to rule until the end of his minority in 1025.[3]
When her son reached legal majority in 1025, Urraca Gómez left court and settled in the convent in Covarrubias, where she was killed during a Moorish attack on Covarrubias in 1038.[4]
References
edit- ^ #ES URRACA. UN NOMBRE EGREGIOEN LA ONOMÁSTICA ALTOMEDIEVAL. 4. La condesa Urraca de Castilla, mujer del Conde Sancho García, pagg. 37 e 38
- ^ Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana - Garcia I de Castella
- ^ Diccionario biográfico español, Real Academia de la Historia - García Sánchez
- ^ #ES España Sagrada XXIII, Anales Toledanos I, pag. 384
