Elvira García de Castilla

Events

Date of Birth: about 975.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 65).

Date of Death: 1017.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Torres Sevilla-Quiñones.

Relationships

Father: García Fernández, count of Castile.

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2005, p. 394), by Salazar y Acha (p. 65, p. 129), and by Torres Sevilla-Quiñones.

Mother: Ava de Ribagorza.

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2005, p. 394), by Salazar y Acha (p. 65, p. 129), and by Torres Sevilla-Quiñones.

Spouse: Vermudo II “el Gotoso”, king of León. Married in 994.

This relationship is given by Martínez Diez (2005, p. 394), by Salazar y Acha (p. 65), and by Torres Sevilla-Quiñones.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Sancha (born about 993 - died after 2 November 1038).

Alfonso V (996 - 1028), king of León, married (1) Elvira Menéndez; married (2) Urraca García de Navarra.

Teresa (about 997 - 25 April 1039).

References

Martínez Diez, Gonzalo. El Condado de Castilla (711-1038): la historia frente a la leyenda. (Macial Pons: 2005).

Martínez Díez, Gonzalo. Sancho III el Mayor: rey de Pamplona, Rex Ibericus. (Madrid: 2007).

Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).

Torres Sevilla-Quiñones, Margarita. "Elvira García" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).