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Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily

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In 1135, both Roger and Elvira fell ill. The illness was grave and infectious. The king survived, but the queen died on 6 February. Roger was devastated by her death; he withdrew to his room and refused to see anyone except his closest servants. Eventually rumors spread that he too had died. Roger
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There is exceptionally little information about Queen Elvira. She does not appear to have been active in politics or as a church patron, and is chiefly remembered for giving birth to Roger's six children. Elvira and Roger had six children:
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remained a widower for fourteen years and remarried only in 1149, as he had outlived four out of the five sons he had had with Elvira.
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Adelisia (1226 - post 1184), regnant duchess of Florence. She married firstly Jozzelino, Count of Loreto, and secondly
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exemplifies a "pattern of cultural association" between the queens of Sicily and the
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Norman Kings of Sicily and the Rise of the Anti-Islamic Critique: Baptized Sultans
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The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 4, c. 1024–c. 1198, Part II
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Her mother was King Alfonso VI's fourth wife, 524:Luscombe, David; Riley-Smith, Jonathan (2004). 1300:Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1043: 586: 177:– 6 February 1135) was a member of the 8: 747:Berengaria, Latin Empress of Constantinople 1050: 1036: 1028: 593: 579: 571: 532: 47: 38: 278:(1120/1121 – 7 May 1166), his successor, 27:For other people with the same name, see 272:(1120–1138), Prince of Bari (from 1135). 319: 306:Henry (1130 - 1143), prince of Taranto. 220:, which was present in Sicily as well. 361: 1002:Eleanor, Queen of Portugal and France 231:and king from 1130. 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Elvira of Castile (Sicilian queen)
Elvira of Castile

Queen consort of Sicily
Roger II, King of Sicily
Issue
Roger III, Duke of Apulia
Tancred, Prince of Bari
William I, King of Sicily
Alfonso, Prince of Capua
House
Jiménez
Alfonso VI, King of León and Castile
Zaida of Seville
House of Jiménez
Queen of Sicily
Roger II of Sicily
Alfonso VI
king of León
Castile
Zaida of Seville
multiconfessional
Toledo
convivencia
Roger II
count of Sicily
sizeable Muslim population
Al-Andalus
Islamic world
Islamic art

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