Elvira of Toro

For other people of the same name, see Elvira of León.

For other people of the same name, see Elvira of Castile.

Doña Elvira (1038/9 – 15 November 1101) was a Leonese infanta and the Lady of Toro. She was a daughter of Ferdinand I of León and wife Sancha. She made an important donation of lands to the monastery of San Salvador de Oña in the year 1087. She received the city of Toro on the death of her father, while her sister Urraca received Zamora, and her brothers Sancho II, Alfonso VI and García received the kingdoms of Castile, León, and Galicia respectively.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Elvira of Toro

16. Sancho II of Navarre

8. García II of Navarre

17. Urraca Fernández of Castile

4. Sancho III of Navarre

18. Ferdinand Vermúdez, Count of Cea

9. Jimena Fernández

19. Elvira Díaz of Saldaña

2. Ferdinand I of León and Castile

20. García Fernández, Count of Castile

10. Sancho García, Count of Castile

21. Ava of Ribagorza

5. Muniadona Mayor

22. Gómez Díaz, Count of Saldaña

11. Urraca Gómez

23. Muniadona Fernández of Castile

1. Elvira of Toro

24. Ordoño III of León

12. Bermudo II of León

6. Alfonso V of León

26. García Fernández, Count of Castile

13. Elvira García

27. Ava of Ribagorza

3. Sancha of León

28. Gonzalo Menéndez, Count of Portugal

14. Menendo González, Count of Portugal

29. Ilduara (Ildonza) Peláez

7. Elvira Mendes

15. Tutadona

Sources

Reilly, Bernard F. 1988. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI, 1065–1109. Princeton: Princeton University Press.