Elvira Mendes

Elvira Mendes

Elvira Mendes, sometimes called "Elvira or Geloria Menéndez" of "Portugal" or "Galicia", (c. 996 – 20 December 1022), was Queen of León (1008-1022).

Daughter of Count Mendo Gonçalves II of the First County of Portugal (House of Vímara Peres) and corregente of León, descendant of the highest nobility of Portugal and Galicia, she married Alfonso V of León (before 1010). She was the mother of King Bermudo III of León.

Family

By her husband, Alfonso V of León, Elvira had two children:
# Bermudo III of León (c.1015-1037)
# Sancha of León (c.1020-1067), married Ferdinand I of León

References

*"The Royal Ancestry Bible, Royal Ancestors of 300 Colonial American Families Vol. 3 (chart 2186) by Michel L. Call ISBN 1-933194-22-7


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