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Birth:          1151 of Coimbra, Portugal
Death:          16 Oct 1188 Bamba, nr Valladolid, Spain
Burial:         Monastery of Saint Juan Bautista of the Knights of St. John

Notes
became a nun at Bamba in June 1175 after separating from her husband
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca_of_Portugal
Infanta Urraca of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [u'?ak?]; (Coimbra, 1148[1] – 
Wamba, Valladolid, 1211[2]) was an infanta of Portugal, daughter of Afonso 
Henriques, the first king of Portugal, and his wife, Queen Maud of Savoy. She was 
queen consort of León as the wife of King Ferdinand II and the mother of Alfonso IX.
Life[edit]

Daughter of Afonso I, the first king of Portugal, and his wife Maud of Savoy, she had 
several siblings, including King Sancho I.

In May or June 1165, she married Ferdinand II, becoming the first infanta of Portugal 
to have married a Leonese monarch. The only son of this marriage, Alfonso IX, was 
born in Zamora on 15 August 1171.[3]

However, the marriage of Ferdinand II and Urraca was annulled in 1171 or 1172 by 
Pope Alexander III the two being second cousins, great-grandchildren of Alfonso VI of 
León and Castile. Urraca then became a nun joining the Order of Saint John of 
Jerusalem and retired to live in the estates that her former husband had given her in 
the Carta de Arras (wedding tokens) in Zamora. Later, she retired in the Monastery of 
Santa María de Wamba which belonged to the aforementioned order.[4]

On 25 May 1176, Queen Urraca donated land and villas to the Order of Saint John, 
probably coinciding with her joining the order. These properties included Castroverde 
de Campos and Mansilla in León and Salas and San Andrés in Asturias.[5] She was 
present in 1188 at the coronation of her son Alfonso IX who inherited the throne after 
his father's death on 22 January 1188 and, in that same year, on 4 May, both 
confirmed the privileges granted by the former king to the Order of Santiago.[4] Her 
presence is registered for the last time in medieval charters in 1211 when she donated 
the village of Castrotorafe that she had received from her husband the king in 1165 as 
a wedding gift to the Cathedral of Zamora.[6][2]

Queen Urraca was buried at the Monastery of Santa María de Wamba in what is now 
the province of Valladolid, that belonged to the Order of Saint John.[4] In the interior 
of the Church of Santa María, the only part remaining of the ancient monastery, is the 
Chapel of the Queen where a plaque that was placed there subsequently mentions 
that Queen Urraca of Portugal had been interred in this church.[7]

Parents
HENRIQUEZ Afonso I "The Conqueror" (25 Jul 1110 - 6 Dec 1185)
OF SAVOY Matilde (Maud) (1125 - 4 Nov 1157)

Siblings
AFFONSEZ Urraca (1151 - 16 Oct 1188)
AFFONSEZ Sancho I "The Popular" (11 Nov 1154 - 26 Mar 1212)

Marriage To ALFONSEZ Fernando II (1137 - 22 Jan 1188)
    m. 1165 dv. 1175 

Notes

Parents
____ Alfonso VII "Pierre-Raimund" (1 Mar 1105 - 21 Aug 1157)
DE BARCELONA Berengaria (Berenguela) Raimundo (ABT 1116 - 2 Feb 1149)

Children by ALFONSEZ Fernando II 1137 - 22 Jan 1188
FERNANDEZ Alfonso IX (15 Aug 1171 - 24 Sep 1230)

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