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Jimena Díaz



Preferred Parents:
Father: Diego Fernández de Asturias, b. 1000 in Oviedo, Asturias, España   d. AFT 1046 in Oviedo, Asturias, España
Mother: Christina Fernández, b. 1000 in Leon, Castilla-Leon, Spain   d. 1097 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Family 1: Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar “El Cid”,    b. 1043 in Quintanilla Vivar, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain    d. 10 JUL 1099 in València, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
  1. Elvira Cristina Rodríguez de Vivar, b. 1077 in Vivar del Cid, Quintanilla Vivar, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain     d. 1130 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Sources:
  1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SPANISH%20NOBILITY%20EARLY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#JimenaDiazMCid;
    Note: JIMENA Díaz (-1106). The "Corónicas" Navarras record that "este meo Çid" married "dona Xemena, nieta del rey don Alfonsso, filla del conte don Diago de Asturias"[510]. "Ruderigo Didaz" accepted as his wife "Scemena filia Didago ducis de terra Asturiense" and granted property "in territorio Kastelle…in Cavia" to her, including "villas que michi saccarunt Albaro Faniz et Albaro Albariz sobrinis meis", with "comes Petro Assuriz et comes Garsea Ordonniz" as guarantors, by charter dated 19 Jul 1074[511]. "Rodric Diaz et uxor mea Scemena" donated property to the abbey of Silos by charter dated 12 May 1076[512]. She attempted to retain control of Valencia after her husband's death but finally evacuated the city Apr/May 1102. The Anales Toledanos record the death in 1106 of “Dona Ximena su muger [del Cid]”[513]. m ([19 Jul] 1074) RODRIGO Díaz de Vivar "El Cid Campeador", son of Diego Laínez & his wife Teresa Rodríguez (Vivar near Burgos [1043]-Valencia [10] Jul 1099, bur Cardeña). Alférez of Sancho II King of Castile 1066. Lord and independent ruler of Valencia 1094-1099.
  2. Title: Find a Grave - Jimena Diaz
    Author: Created by: Meredith Drew Trawick Added: 10 Jan 2013 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 103398041
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103398041/do%C3%B1a-jimena-de_vivar;
    Note: Biography at Find a Grave: 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).

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