Raymond of Burgundy
Raymond of Burgundy (1059 - 1107) king of Leon and Galicia in Spain, wire of the count Guillaume Ier of Burgundy, brother of the counts Renaud II of Burgundy, Etienne Ier of Burgundy and the pope Calixte II with which it founds the Pèlerinage of Saint-Jacques-of-Compostelle
Biography
Born in 1059 and wire from the Count Guillaume Ier of Burgundy and Étiennette of Longwy-Metz (girl of the duke Adalbert of Lorraine).His/her father Guillaume Ier of Burgundy and his brother Renaud II of Burgundy and Etienne Ier of Burgundy are very powerful Count de Bourgogne, reigning on grounds largely exceeding the limits of the Comté of Burgundy.
1090 it marries Urraque Ire of Castille, girl of the King de Castille Alphonse VI of Castille, and becomes by this marriage King of Leon and Galicia.
1104 it has a son: Alphonse VII of Castille future king of Leon, Galicia and Castille in Spain.
1019 his/her brother Guy of Burgundy, Archbishop of Vienna, is elected 160 eme Pape under the name of Calixte II in the Abbaye of Cluny of the Comté of Burgundy.
Calixte II makes Saint-Jacques-with-Compostelle, capital of the kingdom of Galicia an Archbishop's palace and a Holy City with Mrs. titrates that Rome and Jerusalem and causes the writing of the Codex Calixtinus to ensure the devotion the Apôtre Christ St Jacques Major the and the promotion of the Pèlerinage of Saint-Jacques-to-Compostelle in kingdom of Galicia and León in all the Europe.
1097 his/her brother the count Renaud II of Burgundy dies at the time of the First crusade (1096 - 1099) with old 41 years.
1102 his/her brother the count Etienne Ier of Burgundy dies in the Croisade S with old 37 years.
1107 it dies in Croisade with old 48 years (Following the success of the First crusade (1096 - 1099) to deliver Tombeau of Christ infidels with Jerusalem in Holy Land, and before the Second crusade (1147 - 1149), several armed forwardings are made up with lords and ecclesiastics of all Europe).
Urraque Anger of Castille remarie with the king Alphonse Ier d' Aragon and succeeds to him.
Then his/her son Alphonse VII of Castille king of León and Galicia and Castille succeeds Urraque Ire of Castille.
See too
- Pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-of-Compostelle
- County of Burgundy, House of Ivrée
- History of Burgundy - History of the Franche-Comté
- List of the dukes of Burgundy - List of the counts de Bourgogne
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