Tenure 1130 – 8 February 1135 Died February 8, 1135 Name Elvira Castile, | Successor Sibylla of Burgundy Predecessor New title House Jimenez dynasty | |
Issue
More... Roger III, Duke of Apulia
Tancred, Prince of Bari
Alfonso of Hauteville
William I of Sicily Father Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile Mother Isabella (possibly identical to Zaida of Seville) Spouse Roger II of Sicily (m. 1117–1135) Children William I of Sicily, Roger III, Duke of Apulia, Tancred, Prince of Bari, Alfonso of Capua, Henry, son of Roger II of Sicily Parents Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile, Isabel, wife of Alfonso VI of Castile Similar People Roger II of Sicily, Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile, William I of Sicily, Adelaide del Vasto, Ferdinand I of Leon | ||
Elvira of Castile (c. 1100 – 8 February 1135) was the first Queen of Sicily.
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Background and upbringing
She was a daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile by his fourth queen, Isabella (perhaps identical to the Moslem convert Zaida of Seville, baptized as Isabel, who had been Alfonso's mistress). Elvira was raised in Toledo, so she must have been accustomed to a significant level of convivencia, which was present in Sicily as well.
Marriage
Elvira married Roger II of Sicily in 1117. In 1130, she became queen of Sicily when her husband had himself crowned king. She bore Roger five sons and one daughter by 1135.
In 1135, both Roger and Elvira fell ill. The illness was grave and infectious. Roger survived, but Elvira did not. Roger remained a widower for fifteen years and remarried only when four out of five of his sons with Elvira died.