Elvira Menéndez
- Born: Abt 878, Portugal
- Marriage: Ordoño II Alfonsez Rey de Galicia y León y Galicia on 9 Oct 921 in León, Castilla, Iberia
- Died: 921 about age 43
- Buried: Church of Saint Mary, Oviedo, Asturias, Iberia
Another name for Elvira was Mummadonna.
Noted events in her life were:
• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Elvira Menédez was the daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez and Ermesinda Gatónez. Elvira married Ordoño II, son of Alfonso III and Jimena de Pamplona. "Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by a charter dated 21 Feb 897 which records that "Gondesindus prolis Erus et Adosinda" accepted as his wife Elvira´s sister "Enderquina conmento Pala filia dux Menemdus Gutierizi et Ermesinda iermana de domna Geluira regina que fuit mulier de Ordonius rex mater Ranemirus principe" [Portugaliæ Monumenta Historica, Diplomata et Chartæ, Vol. I (Lisbon, 1868), Fasc. I, Pars I, XII, p. 7].
Elvira married Ordoño II Alfonsez Rey de Galicia y León y Galicia, son of Alfonso III "el Magno" Ordóñez Rey de Asturias y Galicia and Ximena García de Navarra, on 9 Oct 921 in León, Castilla, Iberia. (Ordoño II Alfonsez Rey de Galicia y León y Galicia was born about 873 in León, Asturias, Iberia, died on 3 Jan 924 in León, Asturias, Iberia and was buried in Saint Mary, Oviedo, Asturias, Iberia.)
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