Urraca of Portugal

Infanta Urraca of Portugal (Coimbra, 1151 – 16 October 1188; pron. IPA2|u'ʁakɐ), was a Portuguese infanta, daughter of Afonso I, 1st King of Portugal and his wife Maud of Savoy. She married Ferdinand II of León (c. 1165) with whom she had Alfonso IX of León. This marriage didn't prevent her father Afonso I from declaring war on his son-in-law. This short war culminated in disaster when Afonso was captured in Badajoz. Perhaps due to his marriage to Urraca, Ferdinand was generous to Afonso, and let him leave. However, the marriage of Ferdinand II and Urraca was dissolved in 1175 by the Pope, using the fact that Urraca was his distant cousin as justification.

After the dissolution of her marriage, Urraca returned to the court of her father and died there, aged only 37, nine months after the death of her former husband.

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NAME=Urraca of Portugal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Infanta Urraca of Portugal
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Infanta of Portugal, Queen of León
DATE OF BIRTH=1118, 1149 or 1151
PLACE OF BIRTH=Coimbra, Portugal
DATE OF DEATH=1171, 1188
PLACE OF DEATH=Coimbra, Portugal