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Elvira Menéndez (died 1022)
Elvira Menéndez, (Portuguese and Galician: Elvira Mendes; –2 December 1022), was a member of the highest ranks of the nobility of Portugal and Galicia as the daughter of count Menendo GonzálezCount of Portucale and his wife Toda (also known as Tutadomna, Tota),. She became Queen Consort of León as the wife of King Alfonso V with whom she was raised as a child. Her father, Menendo, was a member of the curia regis of King Bermudo II of León and the tutor and co-regent, jointly with Queen Elvira Garcia, of Infante Alfonso, who later ruled as Alfonso V of León.

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