Las Huelgas
Community ID: 
 
2757
 
Alternate Names: 
 
Santa María la Real de Huelgas
 
Town: 
 
Burgos
 
Diocese: 
 
Burgos
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Abbey
 
Dedication: 
 
Santa María la Real
 
Date Founded: 
 
1187, January 2
 
Date Terminated: 
 
Still extant
 
Religious Order: 
 
Cistercian
 
Rule: 
 
Cistercian
 
Foundation Information: 
 

Founded by King Alfonso VIII (1156-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1160-1214). Pope Clement III gave his approval to the foundation in 1187, but the monastery was not formally given over to the nuns until 1199.

 
Notable Heads: 
 

First abbess was María Sol (from 1187-1203).

 
Literary Works: 
 

An Introductory Description and Commentary Concerning the Identification of Four Tweflth-Century Musico-Liturgical Manuscripts from the Cistercian Monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos

 
Published Primary Sources: 
 

Documentación del Monasterio de las Huelgas de Burgos

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Bibliografia sobre el monasterio de Santa maria la Real de las Huelgas de Burgos
The Royal Abbey of Las Huelgas and the Jurisdiction of Its Abbess
The Abbeys of Las Huelgas and Tart and Their Filiations
The Lady of Las Huelgas - a Royal Abbey and its Patronage
The Royal Convent of Las Huelgas: Dynastic Politics, Religious Reform and Artistic Change in Medieval Castile

 
Contributors: 
 
Marie Kelleher
 
Date Started: 
 
1187
 
Length: 
 
386