Elvira Menéndez (died 1022)
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Elvira Menéndez ( Portuguese and Galician: ; 2 December 1022) was a queen consort of Leon by marriage to King
Alfonso V Alfonso V (Spanish), Afonso V (Portuguese), Alfons V (Catalan) or Alphonse V (French) may refer to: * Alfonso V of León (999–1028) * Alfonso V of Aragon (1416–1458), The Magnanimous * Afonso V of Portugal (), The African * Afonso V of Kongo Af ...
.


Life

She was a member of the highest ranks of the nobility of Portugal and Galicia as the daughter of count
Menendo González Menendo González (Portuguese language, Portuguese and Galician language, Galician: ''Mendo Gonçalves''; died 6 October 1008) was a semi-autonomous Kingdom of Galicia, Duke of Galicia and County of Portugal, Count of Portugal (997–1008), a domi ...
, 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 Alfonso V (Spanish), Afonso V (Portuguese), Alfons V (Catalan) or Alphonse V (French) may refer to: * Alfonso V of León (999–1028) * Alfonso V of Aragon (1416–1458), The Magnanimous * Afonso V of Portugal (), The African * Afonso V of Kongo Af ...
with whom she was raised as a child. Her father, Menendo, was a member of the curia regis of King
Bermudo II of León Bermudo (or Vermudo) II (c. 953 – September 999), called the Gouty (), was first a rival king in Galicia (982–984) and then king of the entire Kingdom of León (984–999). His reign is summed up by Justo Pérez de Urbel's description of h ...
and the tutor and co-
regent In a monarchy, a regent () is a person appointed to govern a state because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been dete ...
, jointly with Queen Elvira Garcia, of ''Infante'' Alfonso, who later ruled as
Alfonso V of León Alfonso V (c. 9947 August 1028), called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. Like other kings of León, he used the title emperor () to assert his standing among the Christian rulers of Spain. He succeeded his father, Bermudo II, in 9 ...
. Queen Elvira died on 2 December 1022 and was buried in the Royal Pantheon of the
Basilica of San Isidoro In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek Basiliké) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East ...
in León.


Children

Elvira had two children with Alfonso V whom she married in 1013: *
Bermudo III of León Bermudo III or Vermudo III ( 1015– 4 September 1037) was the king of León from 1028 until his death. He was a son of Alfonso V of León by his first wife Elvira Menéndez (died 1022), Elvira Menéndez, and was the last Astur-Leonese dynasty, s ...
, killed in 1037 in the Battle of Tamarón by count Ferdinand who was married to Sancha, Bermudo's sister; *
Sancha of León Sancha of León (8 November 1067) was ''infanta'' and queen of León. She was married to Ferdinand I, the Count of Castile who later became King of León after having killed Sancha's brother in battle. She and her husband commissioned the Cru ...
, queen of León and the wife of Ferdinand I.


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