Women on the Camino

[Sue Kenney]

Pepe,

It seems aristrocracy was one of the requirements for a woman to walk. I wonder
if Countess Richardis walked the Camino alone since her husband had died?

Unfortunately I don't speak or read Spanish but I am intrigued by the book and
your list too. With thanks,

Sue
sue.kenneyasympatico.ca

Jose Cano wrote:

> In the book, LAS PEREGRINACIONES A SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, by Luis Vazquez
> de Parga and others,( ISBN 84-235-1726-8) I have found several "important"
> women who walked the Camino in the first days:
>
> 1065- Countess Richardis, married with Sigfrido Sponheim went to Jerusalem
> and then to Santiago after her husband died
> 1110-Doña Urraca, Alfonso VI daughter
> 1112- Saint Paulina, with her husdband
> 1125- Matilde, daughter of Henry I of England, and married with emperor
> Henry V of Germany
> 1149-Doña Sancha, with her priest
> 1170-Countess Sophie of Holland. She was the subject of a miracle during
> her way back
> 11??- Saint Bona of Pisa
> 1270-Princess Ingrid and her friend Meltchild,  with many other women, went
> to Santiago, Rome and Jerusalem. Afterwards she founded a convent in
> Skenninge.
> 13??-Ingeborg, and her husband, Biger Person, (Saint  Brigitte´s parents)
> 13??-Saint Brigitte, with her husdband Ulpho Gumardson and many other men
> and women
> 1325-Saint Elisabeth, Dionis of Portugal widow, perhaps she went again to
> Santiago in 1335
> 1488-The “Reyes Catolicos”, Elisabeth and Ferdinand
> 1525- Isabel de Este, (married with Francesco Gonzaga). T here are doubts
> if she arrived to Santiago
> 1537-Vittoria Colonna (There are doubts if she arrived to Santiago)
>
> In Apendix 17, of the same book there are several women who obtained safe-
> guard from Aragon Kingdom to facilitate their pilgrimage.
>
> In Apendix 75 there is a list, with plenty of women looking for help during
> xviii and xix centurys at the Saint Joan Hospital of Oviedo
>
> The bok is in spanish. I do not thing it has been translated into english
>
> If you want to go deeper in the particular storys, the book has plenty of
> references.
>
> Hope that can be helpfull to you.
>
> Buen Camino, Pepe