Elvira Mendes

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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.

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By her husband, Alfonso V of León, Elvira had two children:

  1. Bermudo III of León (c.1015-1037)
  2. Sancha of León (c.1020-1067), married Ferdinand I of Leon

By her husbands second wife, Urraca of Navarre, Alfonso had one daughter:

  1. Jimena of León, married Fernando Gundemariz
Preceded by
Elvira of Castile		 Queen Consort of León
1008–1022		 Succeeded by
Urraca of Navarre
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