The Chronicon Regum Legionensium names "Infanta Cristina" as the daughter of King Vermudo II by "a country girl named Velasquita, who was the daughter of Mantello and Bellalla from Miero near Monte Copián", stating that she married "the son of the Infante Ramiro, the Infante Ordoño, who was blind". Other sources indicate that this report must be incorrect. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada names “Velasquitam” as first wife of King Vermudo II and their daughter “Christinam Infantem”, adding that she married “Ordonio Cæco filio Ranimiri Regis”. The charter dated 31 May “era quinquagesima decima secunda super milessimam” [1062?=1024], under which “Christina” donated property to the monastery of San Salvador de Corneliana founded by her and “viro et Dno nostro dive memoriæ Dno Ordonio”, is confirmed (signing first among the subscribers) by “Velasquita regina...”. It is unclear why the queen, ex-wife of King Vermudo II, would have subscribed the document unless she had been the donor´s mother. If that is correct, the Chronicon may reflect an attempt to blacken Queen Velasquita’s name, first launched after her divorce and later repeated in this source. Cristina is recorded as dead in a document of Oviedo cathedral dated 1051. 1
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