Doña Jimena originally of Asturias, Spain is the daughter of Count Diego Rodriguez of Asturias & Princess Ximena of Leon. She married Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (later known as "El Cid Campeador") in Jul 1074. They had at least 3 children:
- Diego Rodríguez Díaz de Vivar
- Christina Díaz de Vivar
- Maria Díaz de Vivar
∼Doña Ximena Díaz (also spelled Jimena) was the wife of El Cid from 1074 and her husband's successor as ruler of Valencia from 1099 to 1102. She had Three children with El Cid, and one of them died with their father on the battlefield.
Their daughters Cristina and María both married into the high nobility; Cristina to Ramiro, Lord of Monzón, grandson of García Sánchez III of Navarre via an illegitimate son; María, first (it is said) to a prince of Aragon (presumably the son of Peter I) and second to Ramón Berenguer III, count of Barcelona. El Cid's son Diego Rodríguez was killed while fighting against the invading Muslim Almoravids from North Africa at the Battle of Consuegra (1097).
- Diego Rodríguez Díaz de Vivar
- Christina Díaz de Vivar
- Maria Díaz de Vivar
∼Doña Ximena Díaz (also spelled Jimena) was the wife of El Cid from 1074 and her husband's successor as ruler of Valencia from 1099 to 1102. She had Three children with El Cid, and one of them died with their father on the battlefield.
Their daughters Cristina and María both married into the high nobility; Cristina to Ramiro, Lord of Monzón, grandson of García Sánchez III of Navarre via an illegitimate son; María, first (it is said) to a prince of Aragon (presumably the son of Peter I) and second to Ramón Berenguer III, count of Barcelona. El Cid's son Diego Rodríguez was killed while fighting against the invading Muslim Almoravids from North Africa at the Battle of Consuegra (1097).
Doña Jimena originally of Asturias, Spain is the daughter of Count Diego Rodriguez of Asturias & Princess Ximena of Leon. She married Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (later known as "El Cid Campeador") in Jul 1074. They had at least 3 children:
- Diego Rodríguez Díaz de Vivar
- Christina Díaz de Vivar
- Maria Díaz de Vivar
∼Doña Ximena Díaz (also spelled Jimena) was the wife of El Cid from 1074 and her husband's successor as ruler of Valencia from 1099 to 1102. She had Three children with El Cid, and one of them died with their father on the battlefield.
Their daughters Cristina and María both married into the high nobility; Cristina to Ramiro, Lord of Monzón, grandson of García Sánchez III of Navarre via an illegitimate son; María, first (it is said) to a prince of Aragon (presumably the son of Peter I) and second to Ramón Berenguer III, count of Barcelona. El Cid's son Diego Rodríguez was killed while fighting against the invading Muslim Almoravids from North Africa at the Battle of Consuegra (1097).
- Diego Rodríguez Díaz de Vivar
- Christina Díaz de Vivar
- Maria Díaz de Vivar
∼Doña Ximena Díaz (also spelled Jimena) was the wife of El Cid from 1074 and her husband's successor as ruler of Valencia from 1099 to 1102. She had Three children with El Cid, and one of them died with their father on the battlefield.
Their daughters Cristina and María both married into the high nobility; Cristina to Ramiro, Lord of Monzón, grandson of García Sánchez III of Navarre via an illegitimate son; María, first (it is said) to a prince of Aragon (presumably the son of Peter I) and second to Ramón Berenguer III, count of Barcelona. El Cid's son Diego Rodríguez was killed while fighting against the invading Muslim Almoravids from North Africa at the Battle of Consuegra (1097).
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See more de Vivar or de Asturias memorials in:
- Catedral de Burgos de Vivar or de Asturias
- Burgos de Vivar or de Asturias
- Provincia de Burgos de Vivar or de Asturias
- Castilla y León de Vivar or de Asturias
- Spain de Vivar or de Asturias
- Find a Grave de Vivar or de Asturias
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