URRACA:
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acheron33 — 19 years ago(October 16, 2006 02:29 PM)
Urraca could be queen just navarra adopt the french salic law than did not allow the womens to rule.
the historic urraca is famous for his help to the poor people founding hospitals..
the historic urraca was on love with men de calabria than die on battle when she was very young.
she was a active agent to stop the nobility activitys agaisnt the king.
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dadoo4050 — 19 years ago(October 22, 2006 06:26 AM)
According to "The Poem of the Cid," she also gave the Cid's daughters refuge when they had been abandoned by their disreputable husbands.
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dalbrech — 19 years ago(November 03, 2006 04:14 PM)
From what I have found from online research I did some years ago, Urraca and Alfonso allegedly had an incestuous relationship.
Which Mann actually implies in a couple of scenes,to the extent he could in 1961.In the scene where Uracca hugs Alfonso,it is alot more like lover's hug then a brother/sister hug. That about as far as Mann could take that in 1961. -
laighleas — 19 years ago(December 31, 2006 06:54 AM)
According to Wikipedia:
"[El Cid's] own marriage and that of his daughters increased his status by connecting the Cid to royalty; even today, living monarchs descend from El Cid, through the lines of Navarre and Foix. El Cid is an ancestor to the monarchies of France and Britain through his daughter Cristina's son, Garca VI of Navarre, as well as every other monarchy in Europe through the previous two. Through his daughter Cristina, he is a great(X7)-grandfather to Isabella of France, mother of Edward III of England."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid
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dadoo4050 — 19 years ago(January 05, 2007 07:58 AM)
The storyline, such as it is, for the popular dinner theater "Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament" is set during the reign of Alfonso VI, the king during El Cid's time. "Alfonso" is the king in the MT show. When I asked why the show performed at MT does not feature an "El Cid " character, I was told it was considered at some point, but had to be rejected because there are decendents of Rodrigo Diaz who would have to have been compensated in some way. I don't know how factual this response is; it may have been just a theory held by the person I asked.
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Colkitto — 17 years ago(February 22, 2009 06:24 PM)
That's nonsense; if you had to "compensate" everybody whose ancestors were portrayed in a fictional context, historical fiction couldn't exist at all.
"An inglorious peace is better than a dishonourable war" ~ John Adams
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ducdebrabant — 19 years ago(February 15, 2007 01:08 PM)
Paige is so good here. I've only seen her in two other pictures, both terrible. One is "Youngblood Hawke," and the other is "Mayerling." I love her voice. She's kind of the French Joan Greenwood.
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turtletommy — 14 years ago(June 18, 2011 09:06 PM)
Yeah slightly frigid is right on. She reminded me a lot of the "spank me" virgin temptress in the castle in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. (laugh)
Paige looked especially hot in that body-hugging gold colored gown she wore at one point. Liked her looks much more than Sophia Loren whom I've just never warmed up to. -
Rueiro — 12 years ago(March 29, 2014 03:58 AM)
In the film she is a greedy woman who wants power, but since she is a female with two elder brothers her chances are almost nil. Sancho is the strongest character of the two guys and perfectly fit to rule the country, while Alfonso is a weakling and still little more than a boy. If she can get Sancho out of the way, Alfonso will rule and then she can easily manipulate him, just the way it eventually happens.