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Birth:          ABT  875 
Death:           921 

Notes
d Sep/Oct 921
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvira_Men%C3%A9ndez_(died_921)
Elvira Menéndez, (Portuguese and Galician: Elvira Mendes; died between 20 February 
and 12 October 921),[1] was Queen Consort of León due to her marriage with King 
Ordoño II.
Biography[edit]

Elvira was the daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez, a Galician noble, count in Tuy and 
Oporto, who was responsible for the reconquest of Coimbra, and his wife Ermesenda 
Gatónez.[2] Around 892, Elvira married Infante Ordoño, the son of King Alfonso III of 
Asturias, who first ruled as King of Galicia and later of León after the death of his 
brother García I in 914. Elvira confirmed numerous charters with her husband, many of 
these being privileges and donations to Galician nobles and religious establishments, 
especially to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.[3]

Elvira died between 20 February and 12 October 921.[1] According to the chronicle of 
Sampiro, when King Ordoño received the news of her death upon his return from a 
successful campaign against the Moors in Zamora, "...the pain was as great as the joy 
for his triumph".[4] She was buried in the Pantheon of Asturian Kings in the Cathedral 
of San Salvador in Oviedo.[5]

Issue[edit]

From her marriage with King Ordoño she had the following children:
Sancho Ordóñez,[6] King of Galicia;
Alfonso IV;[6] King of León;
Ramiro II,[6] King of León after the abdication of his brother Alfonso;
Jimena Ordóñez (died after 935);[6]
García Ordóñez (died after 934).[6]

Parents
GUTIERREZ OF PORTUGAL Hermenegildo (ABT  850 - AFT May  912)
GATONEZ Hermesinde (ABT  850 - )

Siblings
GUTIERREZ Ildonca (ABT  870 -  942)
MENENDEZ Nunja Elvira (ABT  875 -  921)
MENENDEZ Gutierre (ABT  880 - )

Marriage To ____ Ordono II (ABT  873 - 3 Jan  924)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Alfonso III "the Great" ( 848 - 20 Dec  910)
GARCES Jimena (ABT  845 - )

Children by ____ Ordono II ABT  873 - 3 Jan  924
____ Ramiro II (ABT  900 - 1 Jan  951)

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