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Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal

1186 - 1220

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Urraca of Castile (1186/28 May 1187 – 3 November 1220) was Queen of Portugal by marriage to Afonso II of Portugal. A daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England, her maternal grandparents were Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal is the 4,430th most popular politician (up from 4,550th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 101st in 2019) and the 55th most popular Portuguese Politician.

Urraca of Castile was queen of Portugal from 1109 to 1126. She was the daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile and his wife Constance of Burgundy. Urraca was a powerful ruler who took an active role in government, but her reign was marked by constant warfare with the neighboring kingdom of León.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal ranks 4,430 out of 19,576. Before her are Luitgard, Charles of Provence, Friedrich Adler, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, John III of Navarre, and Robert Kocharyan. After her are Philip, Duke of Orléans, Emperor Huan of Han, Emperor Saga, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, and Lu Su.

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Among people born in 1186, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal ranks 1. After her are Dagmar of Bohemia, Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, Idris al-Ma'mun, and Leszek the White. Among people deceased in 1220, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal ranks 7. Before her are Muhammad II of Khwarazm, Saxo Grammaticus, Attar of Nishapur, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress, and Alys of France, Countess of Vexin. After her are Richeza of Denmark, Kaykaus I, Andreas Capellanus, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg, Giraut de Bornelh, and Ingvar of Kiev.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal ranks 96 out of 633. Before her are Barbara of Portugal (1711), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), Teófilo Braga (1843), Óscar Carmona (1869), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), and António Lobo Antunes (1942). After her are Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510), António, Prior of Crato (1531), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Berengaria of Portugal (1198), Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797), and Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu (1433).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal ranks 55. Before her are Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080), Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887), Barbara of Portugal (1711), Teófilo Braga (1843), Óscar Carmona (1869), and António Lobo Antunes (1942). After her are Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510), António, Prior of Crato (1531), Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu (1433), Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504), Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377), and Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914).

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