Jimena Diaz, [6332] ²⁴

   Another name for Jimena was Doña Ximena Díaz.

  General Notes:

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At the beginning of the second exile of the Cid, in 1089, Jimena was imprisoned with her children, Cristina (born around 1075), Diego (1076?) and María (1077?) by mandate of Alfonso VI of León and Castile. Nothing else is known about Jimena until the end of 1094, when Rodrigo Díaz, on October 21, winning the battle of Cuarte, secured his control over Valencia (that he had conquered on June 17th of that year) and she was reunited with her husband until his death in 1099.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Acceded: ruler of Valencia, 1099. her husband's successor as ruler of Valencia from 1099 to 1102

Jimena married Rodrigo Diaz "El Cid Campeador" de Vivar Prince of Valencia [6319] [MRIN: 2230], son of Don Diego de Vivar [6333] and Unknown. (Rodrigo Diaz "El Cid Campeador" de Vivar Prince of Valencia [6319] was born in 1043 in Vivar, died in 1099 in Valencia d'Alcantara and was buried in Burgos Cathedral, Castile.)