RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Urraca of Zamora

1033 - 1101

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Urraca of Zamora (1033/34 – 1101/03) was a Leonese infanta, one of the five children of Ferdinand I the Great, who received the city of Zamora as her inheritance and exercised palatine authority in it. Her story was romanticized in the cantar de gesta called the Cantar de Mio Cid, and Robert Southey's Chronicle of the Cid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Urraca of Zamora has received more than 215,786 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Urraca of Zamora is the 1,337th most popular religious figure (down from 1,065th in 2019), the 669th most popular biography from Spain (down from 483rd in 2019) and the 50th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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  • 62.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Urraca of Zamora ranks 1,337 out of 3,187. Before her are Brigid of Kildare, Meher Baba, David Yonggi Cho, George Müller, Simon Stock, and Fariduddin Ganjshakar. After her are Victor of Marseilles, Thomas of Villanova, Impenitent thief, Anandi Gopal Joshi, Pope Anianus of Alexandria, and Julian of Antioch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1033, Urraca of Zamora ranks 4. Before her are Anselm of Canterbury, Donald III of Scotland, and Cheng Yi.  Among people deceased in 1101, Urraca of Zamora ranks 14. Before her are Akka Mahadevi, Emperor Daozong of Liao, Su Song, Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, Vseslav of Polotsk, and Al-Musta'li. After her are Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg, and Henry, Margrave of Frisia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Urraca of Zamora ranks 669 out of 3,355. Before her are Dionisio Aguado y García (1784), Najwa Nimri (1972), Sebastián Iradier (1809), Fernán González of Castile (910), Jesús María Pereda (1938), and Mauregatus of Asturias (800). After her are Thomas of Villanova (1486), Luis Molowny (1925), Luis de Morales (1509), José Antonio Aguirre (1904), Josefa de Óbidos (1630), and Rafael Casanova (1660).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Urraca of Zamora ranks 50. Before her are Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Theodulf of Orléans (750), Junípero Serra (1713), Diego Laynez (1512), Pedro Arrupe (1907), and Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076). After her are Thomas of Villanova (1486), Pelagius of Córdoba (912), Juan de Zumárraga (1468), Alphonsus Rodriguez (1532), Qadi Iyad (1083), and Eulogius of Córdoba (810).

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