Ermesinda

; alternatively Ormisenda, Ermisenda, Ermesinde, Ermessenda) was queen consort of the Kingdom of Asturias, wife of King Alfonso I of Asturias ("Alfonso the Catholic"), who claimed right to the throne through his marriage to her .

[2][4] Ermesinda passed her claim on the throne to her husband Alfonso, son of Duke Peter of Cantabria.

The Cordoban chronicler Ambrosio de Morales identifies this with the monastery of Covadonga.

16th-century chronicler Ambrosio de Morales gave the following description of the tomb of King Alfonso I and Ermesinda, located in the Santa Cueva de Covadonga ("Holy Cave of Covadonga"):[7] Their tomb is the one at the head of the church facing the main altar in a small cave.

Its length, twelve feet and three in height.The tomb in the Santa Cueva de Covadonga in which Alfonso and Ermesinda are believed to be buried is engraved with the following epitaph:[8] HERE LIES THE CATHOLIC AND HOLY KING DON ALONSO THE FIRST AND HIS WIFE DOÑA ERMENISINDA SISTER OF DON FAVILA WHOM HE SUCCEEDED.