Elvira Mendes, sometimes called Elvira or Geloria Menéndez of Portugal or Galicia, (c. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Galicia (occasionally Galiza) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. 996 – 20 December 1022), was Queen of León (1008-1022). Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. List of current queens regnant A queen regnant (plural "queens regnant" is qualifying reference to a female Monarch possessing and exercising all of the monarchal Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula.
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). A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin Condado de Portucale was the first County founded in Portugal. Vímara Peres Count of Portugal ( Galicia, circa 820 &mdash Guimarães, 873 was a Christian Warlord of the 9th century in west Iberia Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary (see Hereditary titles) or for a lifetime Alfonso V (994-1028 called the Noble, King of León, son of Bermudo II by his second wife Elvira García of Castile, reigned from 999 She was the mother of King Bermudo III of León. Bermudo III (1010&ndash 4 September 1037) King of León (1028&ndash 4 September 1037) son of Alfonso V of León by his
Family
By her husband, Alfonso V of León, Elvira had two children:
- Bermudo III of León (c. Bermudo III (1010&ndash 4 September 1037) King of León (1028&ndash 4 September 1037) son of Alfonso V of León by his 1015-1037)
- Sancha of León (c. Sancha of León (1013 &ndash 27 November 1067) was a daughter of Alfonso V of Leon by Elvira Mendes and Queen consort of Castile. 1020-1067), married Ferdinand I of León
References
- The Royal Ancestry Bible, Royal Ancestors of 300 Colonial American Families Vol. Ferdinand I, called the Great (in his time El Magno) (1017&ndash León, 1065 son of Sancho III of Navarre and Mayor of Castile 3 (chart 2186) by Michel L. Call ISBN 1-933194-22-7
| Preceded by Elvira of Castile |
Queen Consort of León 1008–1022 |
Succeeded by Urraca of Navarre |
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