Raymond of Burgundy ¹

  General Notes:

Raymond of Burgundy (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 Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy. He came for the second time (1090) to marry Urraca of Castile, sole legitimate and heir of Alfonso VI of Castile, Emperor of León and Castile and Constance of Burgundy.

He came with his cousin Henry of Burgundy, who married the other daughter of Alfonso VI, Teresa of León (or Portugal). By his marriage Raymond received the County of Galiza, the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra. The last two were later offered to Henry of Burgundy, father of the first Portuguese King Afonso I Henriques of Portugal. ²

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a Conde de Galicia y Coimbr.

Raymond married Urraca of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VI Ferdinandez and Constance of Burgundy, in 1087 in Toledo. (Urraca of Castile was born circa 1081 and died on 8 Mar 1126 in Saldana.)