Elvira of Toro

, Also called Elvira Toro Elvira of León or Elvira Fernández, († November 1099 ) was a Spanish Infanta out of the house Jiménez in the 11th century.

She was one of five children of the king Ferdinand I of León - Castile and Sancha of León. According to the Chronicon Regum Legionensium it was the fifth, according to the Historia Silense the third child. Her siblings were Urraca, Sancho II, Alfonso VI. and García.

Agreed Shortly before his death in 1065 Ferdinand I. a division of his reign territory among his children. While the children were rewarded with kingdoms, Urraca received the city of Zamora and Toro Elvira the city as their own dominions. In a donation to the Diocese of Santiago de Compostela on December 10, 1068 Elvira called " Queen " ( Geluira regina ). Apparently, she is complaining royal Would like for her sister. In the struggle of their brethren to his father's total heritage, from the Alfonso VI. 1073 emerged victorious went, they played no significant role.

On March 14, 1099 it enters the last time as documented in honor of a gift of her brother at the abbey of San Pedro Eslonza on. On November 13 1099 she met on her deathbed last orders, which included among others, a donation to the Diocese of Santiago de Compostela. A few days later she must have died; she was buried in the Abbey of San Isidoro in Leon.