did women walk?

[Robert Ward]

I would question, Sue, whether any of these women, particularly as aristocrats, would have walked the Camino. You can be sure at least that Queen Isabella went to Santiago in proper royal style, in a carriage with a huge retinue of servants, and not on blistered feet or sleeping on the floors of gyms.
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> From: Sue Kenney <sue.kenneyaSYMPATICO.CA>
> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 09:31:53 -0500
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Re: Women on the Camino
>
> 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:
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> > 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 &#8220;Reyes Catolicos&#8221;, 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
>