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Jimena Angel
Jimena or is the Spanish female version of the given name Jimeno. The French rendering of the name is Chimène. It has come to be viewed as a form of the name Simone, though their origins are distinct. A variant is Ximena. People with the name include: Historical *Jimena, legendary mother of Bernardo del Carpio *Jimena of Cea, wife of king García Sánchez II of Pamplona (10th-/11th-century) *Jimena, daughter of Ramon Berenguer III (11th-century) *Jimena, daughter of Alfonso V of León (11th-century) *Jimena Díaz, wife of El Cid (11th-century) *Jimena Muñoz, mistress of Alfonso VI of León and Castile (11th-century) Modern *Jimena Antelo (born 1972), Bolivian journalist and television presenter *Jimena Canales, Mexican-American physicist and author *Jimena Elías Roca (born 1989), Miss Peru Universo 2007 * Jimena Fernandez-Morales, Mexican Softball Player *Jimena Florit (born 1972), Argentine mountain biker *Jimena Gallego (born 1980), also known as Jimena (singer), Mexican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and List of largest cities in Spain, largest city is Madrid, and other major List of metropolitan areas in Spain, urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimena Díaz
Doña Jimena Díaz, also spelled Ximena (; ; before July 1046 – ), 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. Biography Jimena was the daughter of Diego Fernández, Count of Oviedo, the son of count Fernando Flaínez. Her mother was his wife Cristina. She was a sister of Fernando Díaz, Count of Asturias. Upon marrying Rodrigo Díaz, Jimena Díaz accompanied her husband although it has remained unclear if she lived with him in the Taifa of Zaragoza during his first exile (from 1080 to 1086) as leader of the Andalusian army in service of Ahmah al-Muqtadir, Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud Abu Amir Yusuf ibn Ahmad ibn Hud (; died ), more commonly known as al-Mu'taman, was a mathematician, and also one of the kings of the Taifa of Zaragoza. The name al-Mu'taman is itself a shortening of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimena Florit
Jimena Florit (born May 18, 1972) is a female Bicycle racing, cyclist from Argentina, specializing in competitive mountain bike, mountain biking. Florit twice represented her native South American country at the Summer Olympics (2000 and 2004), where she finished in 20th and 12th place in the final rankings of the women's cross-country race. In 2003, she claimed the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, defeating USA's Mary McConneloug (silver) and Chile's Francisca Campos (bronze). References * 1972 births Living people Argentine female cyclists Cross-country mountain bikers Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Argentina Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games cyclists for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Sportspeople f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimena Elías
Jimena Elías Roca (born February 1, 1989, in Ica, Peru) is a Peruvian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Peru Universo 2007. Elías won the Miss Teen Peru 2005 Pageant and represented Peru in the Miss Teen International pageant and placed as 1st Runner up. She was elected Miss Peru Universo 2007 on April 16, 2007. She was handpicked by the Corporacion Nacional de la Belleza who is in charge of sending their delegate to Miss Universe and other minor pageants. On May 2, Elías traveled to Mexico City, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ..., to compete in the Miss Universe 2007 pageant which was held on May 28. She did not place. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Elias, Jimena Living people People from the Department of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimena Canales
Jimena Canales is a Mexican-American historian of science and author with a background in physics and engineering. Career Jimena Canales is the author of ''Simply Einstein'' (2021), ''Bedeviled: A Shadow History of Demons in Science'' (2020), ''The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson and the Debate that Changed Our Understanding of Time'' (2015) and ''A Tenth of a Second: A History'' (2009) as well as numerous articles on the history of modernity; specializing in art, science and technology (appearing in Artforum, Aperture, WIRED, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, NPR, among others). Canales obtained a B.S. in engineering physics at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in 1995, a master's degree in History of Science at the Harvard University and a PhD in History of Science at the same university in 2003. In 2004 she worked as an assistant professor in the Department of History of Science at Harvard University and in 2013 she was promoted to ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimena Antelo
María Jimena Antelo Telchi (born 4 July 1972) is a Bolivian commercial engineer, journalist and television presenter. Early life and education Antelo was born on 4 July 1972 in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Roger Antelo De Barneville y de María Beatriz Telchi. She began his school studies in 1978, graduating from high school in 1990 in her hometown. At just 16 years of age, Antelo became pregnant with her first child, Fernando Elío Antelo, who was born that same year. Antelo would continue with her professional studies, graduating as a commercial engineer with a specialization in journalism in Spain in 1996. Career Antelo joined Bolivian television in 1993, working for the Red Bolivisión channel, where she remained for a period of five years until 1998. That same year, she went to work for the ATB Network. In 2000, at 28 years old, Antelo became pregnant with her second child, Diego Ascarrunz Antelo. In 2003, after three years, Antelo left the ATB Network, and went on to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso VI Of León And Castile
Alfonso VI (1 July 1109), nicknamed the Brave (''El Bravo'') or the Valiant, was king of Kingdom of León, León (10651109), Kingdom of Galicia, Galicia (10711109), and Kingdom of Castile, Castile (10721109). After the conquest of Toledo, Spain, Toledo in 1085, Alfonso proclaimed himself (most victorious Kingdom of Toledo (Crown of Castile), king of Toledo, and of Spain and Galicia). This conquest, along with El Cid's taking of Taifa of Valencia, Valencia would greatly expand the territory and influence of the Leonese/Castilian realm, but also provoked an Almoravid invasion that Alfonso would spend the remainder of his reign resisting. The Leonese and Castilian armies suffered decisive defeats in the battles of Battle of Sagrajas, Sagrajas (1086), Battle of Consuegra, Consuegra (1097) and Battle of Uclés (1108), Uclés (1108), in the latter of which his only son and heir, Sancho Alfónsez, died, and Valencia was abandoned but Toledo remained part of an expanded realm that he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimena Muñoz
Jimena Muñoz or Muñiz (died 1128) was a noblewoman from the El Bierzo region of the medieval Kingdom of León, and the mistress of king Alfonso VI of León and Castile during the late 1070s and early 1080s. By him she was mother of two countesses and grandmother of Afonso I, first king of Portugal. Biography Jimena's origin has been subject to scholarly discussion and debate. Her patronymic indicates that her father was named Munio, and a contemporary chronicler, Bishop Pelagius of Oviedo, called her ''nobilisima'' (very noble), while the '' Crónicas anónimas de Sahagún'' describes her similarly, ''muy noble''. The 17th-century historian Luis Alfonso de Carvallo made her sister of Galician count Rodrigo Muñoz and daughter of count Munio Rodríguez by his wife Jimena Ordóñez, granddaughter of king Bermudo II of León. In this he was followed the next century by church historian Enrique Flórez, but both the chronology and the politics would seem to militate against th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso V Of León
Alfonso V (c. 9947 August 1028), called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. Like other kings of León, he used the title emperor () to assert his standing among the Christian rulers of Spain. He succeeded his father, Bermudo II, in 999. His mother Elvira García and count Menendo González, who raised him in Galicia, acted as his co-regents. Upon the count's death in 1008, Alfonso ruled on his own. Reign Alfonso began the work of reorganizing the Christian kingdom of the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula after a most disastrous period of civil war and Arab inroads. Enough is known of him to justify the belief that he had some of the qualities of a soldier and a statesman. His name and that of his wife are associated with the grant of the first franchises of León (1017). On Wednesday, 7 August 1028, Alfonso V was killed by an arrow while besieging the Muslim-occupied town of Viseu. King Alfonso was buried next to his first wife Elvira, according to his wishes, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiménez (surname)
Jiménez is a patronymic surname of Iberian origin, first appearing in the Basque lands. Jiménez is a patronymic construction from the modern-styled given name ''Jimeno'', plus the Spanish suffix ''-ez'', representing 'son of' Jimeno. The root appears to stem from Basque ''semen'' ('son'), attested in Aquitanian inscriptions as ''Sembeconnis'' and like forms. The patronymic appears in the 10th century Latin Códice de Roda genealogies as ''Scemenonis''. Variants of the surname include Jimenes, Ximénez/Ximenes, Giménez/Gimenes, Chiménez, Chimenes, Seménez, Semenes, Ximenis or Eiximenis in Catalonia, in Sicilian Scimemi or Scimeni and the Neapolitan Chimenz or Chimenez. In Spanish orthography, the variations of ''Jiménez'' that end with a ''z'' are written with an acute accent on the second syllable. In English, all variations are commonly written without the diacritic. In Portuguese orthography, there is no diacritic used for Ximenes. Spelling As the modern name ''Ximen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramon Berenguer III, Count Of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer III ''the Great'' (11 November 1082 – 23 January or 19 July 1131) was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131. As Ramon Berenguer I, he was Count of Provence in right of his wife. Biography Born on 11 November 1082 in Rodez, Viscounty of Rodez, County of Toulouse, Francia, he was the son of Ramon Berenguer II. He succeeded his father to co-rule with his uncle Berenguer Ramon II. He became the sole ruler in 1097, when Berenguer Ramon II was forced into exile. Responding to increased raids into his lands by the Almoravids in 1102, Ramon counter-attacked, assisted by Ermengol V, Count of Urgell, but was defeated and Ermengol killed at the battle of Mollerussa. During his rule Catalan interests were extended on both sides of the Pyrenees. By marriage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
García Sánchez II Of Pamplona
García Sánchez II (Basque: ''Gartzea II.a Santxez''; died ), was King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon from 994 until his death . He was the eldest son of Sancho II of Pamplona and Urraca Fernández and the second Pamplonese monarch to also hold the title of count of Aragon. Modern historians refer to him as ''the Tremulous'', though this appellation likely originally applied to his grandfather, García Sánchez I of Pamplona. Biography Throughout his reign, his foreign policy seems to have been closely linked to that of Castile. His mother was an aunt of count Sancho García of Castile, and also of the powerful count of Saldaña, García Gómez of Carrión, and she appears to have played a role in forming a bridge between the kingdom and county. He joined his cousin Sancho in attempting to break from the submission his father had offered to Córdoba, as a result of which he had to face Almanzor. In 996 he was forced to seek peace in Córdoba. In 997 during an exped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
