Person Sheet
NameIsabel
Death Date13 Sep 1107
Spouses
Birth Date1035
Death Date30 Jun 1109 Age: 74
OccupationRey de Leon de 1065 a 1071 y de Castilla y Leon de 1072 a 1109
FatherFernando I Sanchez de Castilla el Grande (-1065)
MotherDoña Sancha I de Leon (-1067)
Marr Date1100
ChildrenSancha
Notes for Isabel
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jast/D0072/G0000023.html
It is known that Queen Elizabeth was the mother of two daughters, and that Zaida was mother of Alfonso's only son
There is a funerary inscription to Queen Elizabeth in the royal pantheon of San Isidoro of Leon which states that she was daughter of Louis VI of France [Hic requiescit Helisabeth Regina filia Lodovici Regis Franciae] and that she died in 1107, but this alleged French origin is not mentioned by the chroniclers Bishop Pelayo and the anonymous author of Sahagun, both fairly contemporary. And there is no evidence that Louis the Fat had a daughter named Elizabeth [Louis was born in 1081].
The first documentary evidence of Queen Elizabeth's two daughters, the infantas Sancha and Elvira, was a royal charter granted to the Bishop of Oviedo on 16 March 1104
We know a woman named Elizabeth was his consort and Queen by 14 May 1100. And we know that this Queen Elizabeth was mother of two daughters, Sancha and Elvira. Combined evidence suggests that Queen Elizabeth died 12 or 13 September 1107. The very old Alfonso VI married his last wife, Beatrice, by 28 May 1108. . It is logical to conclude that Alfonso, after having decided that he wanted his ONLY son Sancho to succeed him--instead of the legitimate son of his legitimate daughter the Infanta Urraca--would do everything to try and legitimize him. Marrying his mother, Zaida/Elizabeth, would be a logical step. . So it seems logical to me to conclude that Zaida was Queen Elizabeth, but this is still in dispute, and barring the discovery of some ancient document, it is likely to remain in dispute for the reasons spelled out in the above discussion. David Kelley stated that Szabolcs de Vajay assured him that "the concubine Zaida followed a not uncommon pattern in moving from a secondary status to a primary status, i. e., she became the queen"
Mantiene la teoria de que Elizabeth y Zaida eran la misma persona...
It is known that Queen Elizabeth was the mother of two daughters, and that Zaida was mother of Alfonso's only son
There is a funerary inscription to Queen Elizabeth in the royal pantheon of San Isidoro of Leon which states that she was daughter of Louis VI of France [Hic requiescit Helisabeth Regina filia Lodovici Regis Franciae] and that she died in 1107, but this alleged French origin is not mentioned by the chroniclers Bishop Pelayo and the anonymous author of Sahagun, both fairly contemporary. And there is no evidence that Louis the Fat had a daughter named Elizabeth [Louis was born in 1081].
The first documentary evidence of Queen Elizabeth's two daughters, the infantas Sancha and Elvira, was a royal charter granted to the Bishop of Oviedo on 16 March 1104
We know a woman named Elizabeth was his consort and Queen by 14 May 1100. And we know that this Queen Elizabeth was mother of two daughters, Sancha and Elvira. Combined evidence suggests that Queen Elizabeth died 12 or 13 September 1107. The very old Alfonso VI married his last wife, Beatrice, by 28 May 1108. . It is logical to conclude that Alfonso, after having decided that he wanted his ONLY son Sancho to succeed him--instead of the legitimate son of his legitimate daughter the Infanta Urraca--would do everything to try and legitimize him. Marrying his mother, Zaida/Elizabeth, would be a logical step. . So it seems logical to me to conclude that Zaida was Queen Elizabeth, but this is still in dispute, and barring the discovery of some ancient document, it is likely to remain in dispute for the reasons spelled out in the above discussion. David Kelley stated that Szabolcs de Vajay assured him that "the concubine Zaida followed a not uncommon pattern in moving from a secondary status to a primary status, i. e., she became the queen"
Mantiene la teoria de que Elizabeth y Zaida eran la misma persona...
Notes for Alfonso VI (Spouse 1)
1a esposa: Constanza
2a esposa: Berta
3a esposa: Zaida (Maria Isabel)
4a esposa: Elizabeth (Isabel, quizas la misma Zaida)
5a esposa: Beatriz
Ver con atencion la posibilidad de que Isabel (Elizabeth) y Zaida fueran la misma persona, en notas de dichas esposas.
2a esposa: Berta
3a esposa: Zaida (Maria Isabel)
4a esposa: Elizabeth (Isabel, quizas la misma Zaida)
5a esposa: Beatriz
Ver con atencion la posibilidad de que Isabel (Elizabeth) y Zaida fueran la misma persona, en notas de dichas esposas.