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Elvira Menéndez/Mendes
Died (1022-12-02)2 December 1022
Spouse Alfonso V of León
Father Menendo González
Mother Tutadona Moniz

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

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 Moniz (also known as Tutadomna, Tota).

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, who later ruled as Alfonso V of León.

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

Issue

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

See also

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