Elvira of Castile

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Elvira of Castile was a medieval Castilian noblewoman and illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VI of León and Castile, known for her politically significant marriage to the Crusader leader Raymond IV of Toulouse.

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Label Occurrences
Elvira of Castile canonical 8
Teresa of León 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf illegitimate royal daughter
medieval noble
noblewoman
accompanied Raymond IV of Toulouse on the First Crusade
associatedWith County of Toulouse
County of Tripoli
Kingdom of Jerusalem
child Alfonso Jordan
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Castile
linked to: Castile

Kingdom of León
culture Castilian
dateOfBirth circa 1080
dateOfDeath after 1117
deathPlace Levant (probable)
linked to: Levant region
ethnicity Castilian
father Alfonso VI of León and Castile
linked to: Alfonso VI of León
fatherOccupation King of Castile
King of León
languageSpoken Romance languages of medieval Iberia
marriageType political alliance
mother Jimena Muñoz
nobleFamily Jiménez dynasty
linked to: House of Jiménez
notableEvent present at the siege of Tripoli
notableFor dynastic marriage alliance between Iberian kingdoms and Crusader leadership
role in early Latin settlement in the Levant
participatedIn First Crusade
placeOfBirth Kingdom of León
positionHeld Countess consort of Toulouse
Countess consort of Tripoli
regionOfActivity Eastern Mediterranean
Iberian Peninsula
relative Urraca of León and Castile
religion Roman Catholicism
residedIn County of Toulouse
County of Tripoli
sibling Sancho Alfónsez
Theresa of Portugal
Urraca of León and Castile
socialStatus illegitimate child of a reigning king
spouse Raymond IV of Toulouse
Raymond of Saint-Gilles
spouseParticipatedIn First Crusade
spouseTitle Count of Toulouse
Crusader leader
startTime 1094 (marriage to Raymond IV of Toulouse)
timePeriod High Middle Ages

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raymond IV of Toulouse spouse Elvira of Castile
Alfonso VI of León child Teresa of León
linked to: Elvira of Castile
Urraca of León and Castile relative Elvira of Castile
Raymond of Saint-Gilles spouse Elvira of Castile
Raymond I of Tripoli spouse Elvira of Castile
Alfonso Jordan mother Elvira of Castile
Alphonse Jourdain mother Elvira of Castile
Isabel of Denia mother Elvira of Castile
Alfonso of Sicily mother Elvira of Castile