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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 a daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal has received more than 144,493 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal is the 4,550th most popular politician (down from 4,255th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Portugal and the 57th 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 4,550 out of 19,576Before her are William Penn, Per Albin Hansson, Konstanty Kalinowski, Mohammad Hatta, Essad Pasha Toptani, and Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence. After her are Siim Kallas, Eleanor of Alburquerque, Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Mohamed Bazoum, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, and Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1186, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal ranks 2Before her is Dagmar of Bohemia. After her are Leszek the White, Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, and Idris al-Ma'mun. Among people deceased in 1220, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal ranks 6Before her are Muhammad II of Khwarazm, Saxo Grammaticus, Attar of Nishapur, Wolfram von Eschenbach, and Alys of France, Countess of Vexin. After her are Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress, Kaykaus I, Andreas Capellanus, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg, Giraut de Bornelh, and Richeza of Denmark.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal ranks 101 out of 633Before her are João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Isabel of Coimbra (1432), António, Prior of Crato (1531), and Pedro Nunes (1502). After her are José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), Joseph Nasi (1524), Teófilo Braga (1843), Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914), Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), and Eleanor of Viseu (1458).

Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal ranks 57Before her are Beatrice of Portugal (1373), Óscar Carmona (1869), Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504), Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885), Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510), and António, Prior of Crato (1531). After her are Joseph Nasi (1524), Teófilo Braga (1843), Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914), Eleanor of Viseu (1458), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), and Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira (1793).