Raymond OF BURGUNDY (1060?-1107)

	Raymond in a miniature of the Tumbo A cartulary in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the chief bishopric of his dominion.

Individual Events and Attributes

Marriage

	Urraca of León and Castile presides over Court, Santiago Cathedral		Statue of Queen Urraca in Madrid, sculpted by Juan Pascual de Mena		Alfonso VII, Emperor of All Spain, King of León, Castile and Galicia		Child: Alfonso VII OF LEÓN

	Alfonso VII, Emperor of All Spain, King of León, Castile and Galicia

Individual Note

Raymond of Burgundy (Galician, Spanish and Portuguese: Raimundo) was the fourth son of William I, Count of Burgundy, and was Count of Amous. He came to the Iberian Peninsula for the first time during the period 1086–1087 with Odo I, Duke of Burgundy. He came for the second time (1090) to marry Urraca of Castile, eventual heiress of King Alfonso VI of León and Castile.

He came with his cousin Henry of Burgundy, who married another daughter of Alfonso VI, Teresa of León (or Portugal). By his marriage Raymond received the government of the Kingdom of Galicia (which included the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra), with the title of count and under the govern of Alfonso VI. Shortly after, Alfonso VI gave the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra to Henry of Burgundy, father of the first Portuguese King Afonso Henriques of Portugal.

He was father of Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1104/1105–1157).

His brother later became Pope Callixtus II.

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