Violante Sánchez of Castile

Violante Sánchez of Castile (before 1281 — after January 1330), was a Castilian noblewoman and by marriage Lady of Lemos, Sarria, Cabrera and Ribera.

In her own right, she was Lady of Ucero, Oímbra and Vilamartín de Valdeorras, among other towns, and after becoming a widow, she professed as a nun in the Order of Santiago, to which she gave all her possessions in 1327, and was a patron and commander of the Monastery of Sancti Spiritus in Salamanca.

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