Elvira Menéndez (died 1022)

Elvira Menéndez (Portuguese and Galician: Elvira Mendes; c. 996 – 2 December 1022) was a queen consort of Leon by marriage to King Alfonso V.

Elvira Menéndez/Mendes
Died	2 December 1022
Spouse(s)	Alfonso V of León
Father	Menendo González
Mother	Tutadonna

Life

She was a member of the highest ranks of the nobility of Portugal and Galicia as the daughter of count Menendo González, Count of Portucale and his wife Toda (also known as Tutadomna, Tota).[1][2]

She became Queen of León as the wife of King Alfonso V with whom she was raised as a child. Her father, Menendo, was a member of the curia regis of King Bermudo II of León and the tutor and co-regent, jointly with Queen Elvira Garcia, of Infante Alfonso,[3][1] who later ruled as Alfonso V of León.

Queen Elvira died on 2 December 1022[4] and was buried in the Royal Pantheon of the Basilica of San Isidoro in León.[5]

Issue

Elvira had two children with Alfonso V whom she married in 1013:[6]

• Bermudo III of León,[6] killed in 1037 in the Battle of Tamarón by count Ferdinand who was married to Sancha, Bermudo's sister;[7]
• Sancha of León, queen of León and the wife of Ferdinand I.[6]

References

1. Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 1999, p. 297.
2. Mattoso 1981, p. 148.
3. Mattoso 1981, p. 146.
4. Fernández del Pozo 1999, p. 2184.
5. Arco y Garay 1954, pp. 163–164.
6. Fernández del Pozo 1999, p. 214.
7. Fernández del Pozo 1999, p. 264.

Bibliography

• Arco y Garay, Ricardo del (1954). Sepulcros de la Casa Real de Castilla (in Spanish). Madrid: Instituto Jerónimo Zurita. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. OCLC 11366237.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Fernández del Pozo, José María (1999). Reyes de León: Alfonso V (999-1028) -Vermudo III (1028-1037) (in Spanish). Burgos: La Olmeda, S.L. ISBN 84-89915-07-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Mattoso, José (1981). A nobreza medieval portuguesa, a família e o poder (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Editorial Estampa. OCLC 8242615.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita Cecilia (1999). Linajes nobiliarios de León y Castilla: Siglos IX-XIII (in Spanish). Salamanca: Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de educación y cultura. ISBN 84-7846-781-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)