Urraca Fernández infanta of Castile and daughter of Count Fernán González, was the queen consort of two Kings of León

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 and one King of Navarre between 951 and 994. She acted as regent for her son Gonzalo, who had been given the County of Aragon

County of Aragon

The County of Aragon or Jaca was a small Frankish marcher county in the central Pyrenean valley of the Aragon river, comprising Ansó, Echo, and Canfranc and centred on the small town of Jaca...

, and later was co-regent of the Kingdom of Navarre

Kingdom of Navarre

The Kingdom of Navarre , originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either side of the Pyrenees alongside the Atlantic Ocean....

, along with her daughter-in-law Jimena Fernández and the bishops of Navarre, of her grandson Sancho III

Sancho III of Navarre

Sancho III Garcés , called the Great , succeeded as a minor to the Kingdom of Navarre in 1004, and through conquest and political maneuvering increased his power, until at the time of his death in 1035 he controlled the majority of Christian Iberia, bearing the title of rex Hispaniarum...

.

She was first married by her father to Ordoño III of León

Ordoño III of León

Ordoño III was the King of León from 951 to 956, son and successor of Ramiro II . He confronted Navarre and Castile, who supported his half-brother Sancho the Fat in disputing Ordoño's claim to the throne....

 in 951. Fernán's support of Sancho the Fat

Sancho I of León

Sancho I , called the Fat, was the son of King Ramiro II of León. He succeeded his half-brother Ordoño III in 956 and reigned until his death, except for a two year interruption from 958 to 960, when Ordoño the Wicked usurped the throne...

 cost her her husband's affection and she was repudiated in 956. By him she had two, and possibly three children:

• Ordoño, who died young
• Theresa, who became a nun
• (perhaps) Bermudo II of León
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  , whose maternity is subject to scholarly debate

In 958, after Ordoño's death, she was remarried to Ordoño IV

Ordoño IV of León

Ordoño IV, called the Wicked or the Bad , son of Alfonso IV of León and nephew of Ramiro II, was the king of León from 958 until 960, interrupting the reign of Sancho the Fat for a two year period...

. He died in 960.

Her third and most important marriage was contracted in 962 to Sancho II of Pamplona

Sancho II of Pamplona

Sancho II Garcés Abarca was King of Pamplona from 970 until his death. He was the son of García Sánchez I and Andregota, daughter of Galindo Aznárez II, Count of Aragon...

. Both Sancho and Urraca were grandchildren of Sancho I of Pamplona

Sancho I of Pamplona

Sancho I Garcés was king of Pamplona from 905 to 925. He was a son of García Jiménez, who was king of "another part of the kingdom" of Pamplona and Dadildis de Pallars, his second wife...

, because Urraca's mother was Sancho I's daughter Sancha. With Sancho, she had several children:

• García Sánchez II of Pamplona
• Ramiro (died 992)
• Gonzalo, who ruled the County of Aragon
  County of Aragon
  The County of Aragon or Jaca was a small Frankish marcher county in the central Pyrenean valley of the Aragon river, comprising Ansó, Echo, and Canfranc and centred on the small town of Jaca...
  
   with Urraca as regent
• Abda (Urraca) the Basque, given to Almanzor before entering a convent