el Cid

Abt 1043 - 1099  (56 years)

• Name	el Cid
  Birth	Abt 1043  [1, 2]
  History	He actual name was Rodrigo Diaz de Castro, Senor de Bivar and Count of Valencia. In 1090, he conquered and held Valencia.  [1, 2]
  Death	Jul 1099  [2]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Lain Calvo of Castile   (4 x Great Grandfather)  Theresa Lainez  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I4521	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Diego Lainez, Senor de Bivar   d. Abt 1058
  Mother	Teresa Rodrigues
  Family ID	F3627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Dona Jimena Diaz,   b. Abt 1054   d. 1115 (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	14 Jul 1074  [1, 2]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 31 years and 7 months - She : ~ 20 years and 7 months.
  Children	2 daughters
  +   1. Christina Diaz,   b. 1077  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Ramiro II Sanchez, Infante of Navarre, Count of Moncon  m. After 1098 +   2. María Rodríguez de Vivar, Comtessa consort de Barcelona ,   b. 1080, Valencia, Valencia, Spain d. 1105, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Age 25 years) ▻ Raymond Berenger III, Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence
  Family ID	F3626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1el Cid(Abt 1043 – 1099) 2Diego Lainez, Senor de Bivar( – Abt 1058) 4Lain Nuñez 8Nuño Lainez 16Lain Fernandez 17 9Eilone Fernández(980 – ) 18Fernán Ruiz 19 5 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Teresa Rodrigues 6Roderigo Alvarez, Count in the Asturias 12Alvaro 24 25 13 26 27 7Theresa Lainez 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Photos

  Statue of El Cid

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S1452] Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Plantagenet Descent from the Cid" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CXVII, April 1963).