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Rh daughter Uracca, widow of Raymond, Count of Burgogne, who had in 1104 married as her second husband Alfonso I, King of Aragon. Her heir was Alfonso Raymond, known afterwards as Alfonso VII or VIII, who succeeded to the kingdoms of Leon and Castile in 1126.

This somewhat dull summary of a royal pedigree has been necessary to enable me to introduce a notable person who had a considerable influence on the development of the cult. Though Raymond, Count of Burgogne, had died before his wife succeeded to her kingdom, he was aware that his son would succeed his mother, and he was anxious to have him well educated and to leave him under adequate guardianship. For the double post of tutor and guardian he appointed his brother, Gui de Bourgogne, an astute and afterwards famous cleric. Raymond, as we have seen, died before 1104, when his widow married again, and Gui, who became Archbishop of Vienne in 1088, had undertaken his duties of tutor and guardian some years before Uracca succeeded to her kingdom. It is probable that the boy was brought up and educated at Vienne, though doubtless he and his guardian often visited his Spanish home; it is known that they did so in 1108, while the boy's grandfather was still alive, for that year Gui made a pilgrimage to Compostella. His visit to the sacred shrine seems to have impressed him, and he saw what possibilities there were for its development, and it was probably under his auspices that the Abbey of Cluny obtained such influence there and did so much to encourage pilgrims both from Burgundy and from other parts of Christendom. It was about this time, and no doubt under the influence of Gui or his brother Raymond, that the monks of Cluny made many settlements in north-east Spain and did much to educate the natives. One of their number became Bishop of Compostella, and was succeeded in 1093 by Diego Gelmirez, whose work we have already quoted.