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Female Elvira de Leon-Castile Jiminez (Elvira Alphonsez of Castile and Leon) Click to view Elvira de Leon-Castile Jiminez in the family tree

Elvira was born in 1079 in Toledo, Spain.1  Elvira's father was Alfonso (The Brave) Jiminez of Castile and Leon VI and her mother was Zaida al Mu'tadid.  Her paternal grandparents were Count of Castile Ferdinand (The Great) Jiminez I and Sancha de Leon; her maternal grandparents were Abu Nabet Ypsalensis and I'tamid of the Balearic Islands. She had three sisters named Teresa, Elvira and Sancha. She had a half-sister named Urraca.  She died at the age of 56 on February 8th, 1135.2 

Family Details of Elvira's family with Roger II Guiscard Of Sicily

1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I9887
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robertgantt&id=P23844

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