Elvira of Toro

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For other people with the same name, see Elvira of León.
For other people with the same name, see Elvira of Castile.

A medieval depiction of Elvira

Elvira (1038 or 1039 – 15 November 1101)[

Ferdinand I of León and Castile[2] and Sancha of León,[3][4] and granddaughter-namesake of Elvira Menéndez, and also an aunt of Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily
.

She made an important donation of lands to the monastery of

Sancho II, Alfonso VI and García[5] received the kingdoms of Castile, León, and Galicia
respectively.

Elvira was buried in the Royal Pantheon at the

Basilica of San Isidoro.[6]

Sources

  1. ^ Castilla y León en el siglo X, estudio del reinado de Fernando I by Alfonso Sánchez Candeira
  2. ISBN 84-89915-10-5
    .
  3. ^ Reilly, Bernard F. 1988. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI, 1065–1109. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  4. ^ Historia Silense
  5. ^ Chronicon Regum Legionensium
  6. ^ Prada, María Encina, Estudio antropológico del Panteón Real de San Isidoro de León
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