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Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily

1103 - 1135

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Elvira of Castile (c. 1100 – 6 February 1135) was a member of the House of Jiménez and the first Queen of Sicily as the wife of Roger II of Sicily. Elvira was a legitimate daughter of Alfonso VI, king of León and Castile. Her mother was King Alfonso VI's fourth wife, Zaida of Seville, the Muslim princess who was Alfonso's mistress before marrying him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily has received more than 69,643 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily is the 376th most popular nobleman (up from 515th in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Spain (up from 666th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Spanish Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily ranks 376 out of 1,415. Before her are Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Otto V, Duke of Brunswick, Elias, Duke of Parma, and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire. After her are Igor Svyatoslavich, Leotychidas, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, John V, Duke of Brittany, Beatrice of Silesia, and Anna Catherine Constance Vasa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1103, Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily ranks 7. Before her are Ahmad Yasawi, William Adelin, Harald Gille, Emperor Toba, Alfonso Jordan, and André de Montbard. After her are Adeliza of Louvain, Matilda of Boulogne, Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia, Aénor de Châtellerault, and Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon. Among people deceased in 1135, Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily ranks 6. Before her are Henry I of England, Milarepa, Emperor Huizong of Song, Al-Mustarshid, and Emperor Taizong of Jin.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily ranks 555 out of 3,355. Before her are Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926), Luis de Molina (1535), Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás (1900), Moses de León (1250), Pedro Alonso (1971), and Reccared II (650). After her are Witteric (570), Luis del Sol (1935), Juan de Herrera (1530), Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909), Jabir ibn Aflah (1100), and Ordoño IV of León (926).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Spain

Among noblemen born in Spain, Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily ranks 14. Before her are Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz (1794), Petrus Gonsalvus (1537), Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (1953), Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli (1540), and Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona (972). After her are Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany (1305), Ferdinand de la Cerda (1255), Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (1859), Aznar Galíndez I (800), Berengar the Wise (790), and James II, Count of Urgell (1380).

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