rodrigo died in 1099 and his widow, jimena díaz, took over. on 21 may 1101, jimena donated a tenth of her possessions to the valencian church under jerome. in late august 1101, the city was blockaded by the almoravid emirate and jimena sent jerome to the court of king alfonso vi of castile and león to ask for assistance. alfonso arrived with an army in february 1102. perhaps at the royal court in 1101 or after alfonso arrived at valencia in 1102, jerome appears to have made himself a suffragan to the archbishop of toledo, as the bishops of valencia had been in visigothic times. it proved impossible for the king's army to hold the city; valencia was abandoned to the almoravids in may. jerome managed to take with him the two diplomas of rodrigo and jimena, perhaps in the hope that he would one day be restored to valencia. they remain in the archive of salamanca to this day.