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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Elvira of Castile canonical 8
Teresa of León 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ