French and Spanish Royalty. Born at Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France, the daughter of Helie Ermengarde de Sémur and Robert I, duc de Bourgogne, a younger son of Robert II, King of France. About 1065, she married Hugh II, count de Chalon-sur-Saone. She was widowed about 1079, when she commissioned the building of a monastery. She married Alfonso VI, King of Castilla and León in 1081. The following year she gave birth to her only surviving child, Urraca, who would become Queen of Castilla. She was instrumental in introducing the Roman liturgical rites to Castilian masses. She died at about age 46, and was interred in the monastery of St. Facundo and Primitivo. In the 19th century, the remains were moved several times, and are currently interred in the monastery of San Benito in Sahagún.
French and Spanish Royalty. Born at Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France, the daughter of Helie Ermengarde de Sémur and Robert I, duc de Bourgogne, a younger son of Robert II, King of France. About 1065, she married Hugh II, count de Chalon-sur-Saone. She was widowed about 1079, when she commissioned the building of a monastery. She married Alfonso VI, King of Castilla and León in 1081. The following year she gave birth to her only surviving child, Urraca, who would become Queen of Castilla. She was instrumental in introducing the Roman liturgical rites to Castilian masses. She died at about age 46, and was interred in the monastery of St. Facundo and Primitivo. In the 19th century, the remains were moved several times, and are currently interred in the monastery of San Benito in Sahagún.
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