Name Elvira Toro Cousins Alfonso | Uncles Bermudo III of Leon | |
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Role Ferdinand I of Leon's daughter Died November 15, 1101, Toro, Zamora, Spain Parents Sancha of Leon, Ferdinand I of Leon Grandparents Sancho III of Pamplona, Alfonso V of Leon, Elvira Menendez, Mayor of Castile Similar People Ferdinand I of Leon, Sancha of Leon, Garcia II of Galicia, Sancho III of Pamplona, Alfonso V of Leon | ||
Elvira (Elvira de Toro; 1038/9 – 15 November 1101) was a Leonese infanta and the Lady of Toro, Zamora, the daughter of Ferdinand I of León and Castile and Sancha of León, and granddaughter-namesake of Elvira Menéndez, and also an aunt of Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily.
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.
Elvira was buried in the Royal Pantheon at the Basilica of San Isidoro.
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