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.

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.

Paige was hot in a slightly frigid kind of way.

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.
You didn't suffer as much as black people so stop acting special.

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

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.
"Dadoo4050: and who, disguised as a mild-mannered schoolteacher. . ."

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
Kevin

Urraca is definitely a very compelling and complex character; one of the main things to consider in any new version of the story would be how to portray her.

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.

On that note is there anything in the historical record to show how long the line of the Cid survived down thru the ages.

According to "The Poem of the Cid," she also gave the Cid's daughters refuge when they had been abandoned by their disreputable husbands.
"Dadoo4050: and who, disguised as a mild-mannered schoolteacher. . ."

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.
She also was quite friend of el cid . she beg her brother many times to forgive el cid .

Interestingly, Alfonso named his daughter (who became his primary heir) "Urraca."
"Dadoo4050: and who, disguised as a mild-mannered schoolteacher. . ."

From: "Introduction" to "Poem of The Cid" by W. S. Merwin:
Sancho took his brother Alfonso, in chains, to a number of castles and cities in the kingdon of Leon and received their submission. . .After that he imprisoned Alfonso in the castle of Burgos, where the third brother, Garcia, had been a prisoner not a year before.
The Princess Urraca, BOUND BY TIES OF MORE THAN SISTERLY TENDERNESS to Alfonso, could not endure this treatment of him without some complaint. She went to Burgos and interceded for him. . .[EMPHASIS ADDED]
Uracca also arranged that Alfonso be accompanied by his former tutor. . .
. . .King Sancho had been thirty-four years old, at the height of his power. The author of his death had been his sister, Princess Urraca.
. . .Uracca sent messengers to Alfonso to inform him of the assassination. . .[Alfonso] resumed his throne in Leon, giving Uracca the title of Queen. Shortly thereafter Alfonso, accompanied by Uracca, set out to receive the crown of Castile, in Burgos.
Merkin, W.S. "Poem of the Cid." New York: Meridian Publishing, 1959. pp. xi-xii.
ISBN 0-452-01060-8

Well there is the incest thing, but I think that was just a way to manipulate Alphonso. She was really about power. Since she could not herself rule, she felt she would rule thru her brother. She could not manipulate Sancho at all, as he was to powerfull and headstrong, so he had to go.

From what I have found from online research I did some years ago, Urraca and Alfonso allegedly had an incestuous relationship.
Sorry, I do not recall the souce of this allegation, but when I find it, I will post it here.