Elvira Hermengildez (Elvira Menendez of Portugal)

Elvira was born in 0872.¹   Elvira's father was Count de Coimbra Hermengildo Guterres of Portugal and her mother was Ermezinda Gatones de Bierzo.  Her paternal grandparents were Count Guterre Hermenegildes of Coimbra and Elvira Osorio; her maternal grandparents were Gaton Ramirez de Leon and Egilona. She had two brothers and a sister, named Guterre, Munio and Ildonca. She had a half-brother named Rodrigo.