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Todd A. Farmerie

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From: t...@po.cwru.edu (Todd A. Farmerie)

Date: 2000/01/17

Subject: Re: Moorish Roots via Teresa of Castile and Leon

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"Kevan L. Barton" <kevanbar...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> According to the AF, Teresa of Castile, b. c1070 and married Henry I of
> Burgundy, was the daughter of Ximena Nunez de Guzman (wife of Alfonso VI).
> Her grandparents are Nuno Rodriguez De Guzman and Ximena Ordonez.

Don't trust AF for medieval material. Alfonso VI and Ximena were never
married. Likewise this traditional link to Nuno Rodriguez de Guzman (sic)
and Ximena Ordonez has long passed from favor. Jimena Munoz, Teresa's
mother, has most recently been suggested as daughter of Munio Gonzalez,
Count of Castile, and paternal aunt of the founding Lara brothers, Pedro and Rodrigo Gonzalez.

> According to Stuart's "Royalty for Commoners", 3rd edition, her mother was
> Zaida, Princess of Seville, 1069-1091. Zaida was also the wife of Alfonso
> VI. It also states that Zaida was known as Maria, Isabel, and Ximena.

This is another pathetic example of a flaw which existed in the 2nd edition of this source which was pointed out to the author in reviews and yet not corrected in the 3rd. Zaida was also known
as Isabel, but never Maria nor Jimena. Whether she was actually wife of Alfonso or just another mistress is still subject to debate. It is certain, however, that she was NOT mother of Teresa.

> Are these ladies indeed the same?

No.

> Why the changes in names?

Zaida was named Isabel at the time of her baptism. Jimena is a distinct mistress of the kind, while Maria has no historical basis whatsoever (I have no idea where Stuart got this name, but
there was no Maria among Alfonso's known women).

Alfonso was first engaged to the daughter of William the Conqueror, but she wasted away from mortification over being married to Alfonso, and the marriage never took place. He then married
Agnes, daughter of the Count of Aquitaine, but had no children. They were divorced based on consanguity (which loosely translates as "she had no children so I can get rid of her because she's
related to me"), and he then married Constance of Burgundy. Next came a Bertha, then Isabel (then perhaps another Isabel, but I don'tthink so), then a final wife whose name escapes me right
now (? Beatrice). He also had mistresses Jimena Munoz and Zaida/Isabel (who is perhaps the same as the second, or the only Queen Isabel). By these he had:

i. Elvira, m.1 Raymond of Toulouse, m.2 Fernando Fernandez (illeg. by Jimena)
ii. Teresa, m. Henry of Burgundy (illeg. by Jimena)
iii. Urraca, m.1 Raymond of Burgundy, m.2 Alfonso I of Aragon (by Constance)
iv. Sancho, d.v.p. (illeg. by Zaida, perhaps legitimated by their subsequent marriage)
v. Elvira, m. Roger II of Sicily (by Queen Isabel, perhaps Zaida)
vi. Sancha, m. Rodrigo Gonzalez de Lara (by Queen Isabel)

taf

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