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Elvira returned to Castile. Her son became the monarch of Tripoli upon the death of Raymond in 1105, but Elvira is not mentioned as present in Tripoli. In Castile, before 1117, she married Count Fernando Fernández de Carrión , having three additional children: Diego, García and Teresa Fernández, who was a wife of Count Osorio Martínez .
A medieval depiction of Elvira. Elvira (1038 or 1039 – 15 November 1101) [citation needed] was a Leonese infanta and the Lady of Toro, Zamora, [1] the daughter of Ferdinand I of León and Castile [2] and Sancha of León, [3] [4] and granddaughter-namesake of Elvira Menéndez, and also an aunt of Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily.
Elvira and Bermudo II had three children: Alfonso V;; Sancha Bermúdez, who lived in Galicia; [10] Teresa Bermúdez (died on April 25, 1039). [10] In 1017, she confirmed her mother's grant to Santiago de Compostela, and she and her sister Sancha were involved in a lawsuit over the monastery of Santa Eulalia de Fingoy the same year. [11]
Primitive coat of arms of the House of Lara. The House of Lara (Spanish: Casa de Lara) is a noble family from the medieval Kingdom of Castile.Two of its branches, one of the Dukes of Nájera and one of the Marquises of Aguilar de Campoo were considered Grandees of Spain.
Cassandra Peterson is best known for playing her alter-ego Elvira for the past 25 years and now the vampy actress is sharing her incredibly eclectic life with her fans in a new "coffin table" book.
He then evangelized the town of Iliberri or Iliberis (Elvira/Granada), and became its first bishop. He is thus considered the founder of the archdiocese of Granada , established around 64 AD. [ 2 ] Elvira's first bishop, according to the Glosas Emilianenses , was Caecilius. [ 3 ]
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark famously wants to be remembered by two simple words.But when all is said and done, Cassandra Peterson only asks that people remember her buxom alter ego by three ...
Elvira's likely descent from the Muslim rulers of Al-Andalus exemplifies a "pattern of cultural association" between the queens of Sicily and the Islamic world. She may have even influenced the extensive cultivation of Islamic art during her husband's reign. [2] There is exceptionally little information about Queen Elvira. [1]