Urraca is the Spanish word for "magpie." **Urraca of León and Castile (1080-1126)** was **the first woman to rule a Christian Iberian kingdom in her own right** — Queen of León, Castile, and Galicia. She ruled for 17 years through extraordinary political turmoil.
Among the most powerful medieval Spanish queens.
Urraca reduces to five — the number of Spanish queen-regnant.