Elvira (1038 or 1039 – 15 November 1101) was a Leonese ''

infanta Infante (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as "infant" or translated as "prince", is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to the ...

'' and the Lady of

Toro, Zamora Toro is a town and municipality in the province of Zamora, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is located on a fertile high plain, northwest of Madrid at an elevation of . Toro is known as a center of Mudéjar art a ...

, the daughter of

Ferdinand I of León and Castile Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "courage" or "ready, prepared" related to Old High German "to risk, ventu ...

and

Sancha of León Sancha of León (8 November 1067) was ''infanta'' and queen of León. She was married to Ferdinand I, the Count of Castile who later became King of León after having killed Sancha's brother in battle. She and her husband commissioned the Cru ...

, and granddaughter-namesake of Elvira Menéndez, and also an aunt of

Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily Elvira of Castile ( – 6 February 1135) was a member of the House of Jiménez and the first Queen of Sicily as the wife of Roger II of Sicily. Elvira was a legitimate daughter of Alfonso VI, king of León and Castile. Her mother was Ki ...

. 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 In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek Basiliké) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East ...

.Prada, María Encina, ''Estudio antropológico del Panteón Real de San Isidoro de León''

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{{Authority control 1030s births Year of death uncertain Year of birth uncertain 11th-century countesses regnant 11th-century nobility from the Kingdom of León Spanish royalty Burials in the Royal Pantheon at the Basilica of San Isidoro Leonese infantas Daughters of kings