Born about 935, Elvira Ramrez was the daughter of the King Ramiro II of Len (son of Ordoo II) and was made a nun by her father.
Born about 935, she was the daughter of the King Ramiro II of Leon by his second wife, Urraca Sanchez of Pamplona. She was made a nun by her father, who built the "wonderfully large" monastery of San Salvador in Leon. Ramiro II (c. 900  1 January 951), son of Ordono II, was a King of Leon from 931 until his death. 
