Jimena Díaz

Jimena Díaz
Princess of Valencia
Reign1099  1102
PredecessorRodrigo Díaz de Vivar
SuccessorYusuf ibn Tashfin
Princess consort of Valencia
Tenure1094  1099
Bornbefore July 1046
Diedc.1116
Burial
SpouseRodrigo Díaz de Vivar
IssueDiego Rodríguez
Cristina Rodríguez
María Rodríguez
FatherDiego Fernández, Count of Oviedo
MotherCristina

Doña Jimena Díaz, also spelled Ximena (Spanish: [xiˈmena ˈði.aθ]; Old Spanish: Ximena Díaz [ʃiˈmena ˈdi.adz̻]; before July 1046 c.1116), reigned as Princess of Valencia from 1099 to 1102. She was the wife and successor of El Cid, whom she married between July 1074 and 12 May 1076. The Principality of Valencia was an independent state founded by Jimena's husband.