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Princess Eleanor Of Castile And Leon

Princess Eleanor Of Castile And Leon[1, 2, 3]

Female 1244 - 1290  (46 years)


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  • Name Eleanor Of Castile And Leon 
    Prefix Princess 
    Birth 1244  Of, Burgos, Burgos, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 29 Nov 1290  Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3394  Cecilie Family
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2010 

    Father Ferdinand III, King Of Castile 
    Family ID F1574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father King Fernando III Of Castile And Leon,   b. 5 Aug 1201, Leon, Leon, Spain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1252, Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Jeanne De Dammartin,   b. Abt 1216, Dammartin, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1279, Abbeville, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 1237  Burgos, Burgos, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family King Edward I Plantagenet Of England,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1307, Burgh-On-The-Sands, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1254  Burgos, Burgos, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Eleanor Plantagenet Of England,   b. 1269   d. 1298 (Age 29 years)
     2. Joan
     3. Joan Of Acre Plantagenet, Princess Of England,   b. Mar 1272, Acre, Palestine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
     4. John
     5. Henry
     6. Julian
     7. Joan
     8. Alfonso,   b. 24 Nov 1273, Bordeaux Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1284, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
     9. Margaret
     10. Berengaria
     11. Mary
     12. Alice
     13. Princess Elizabeth Of England,   b. 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     14. King Edward II Of England,   b. 25 Apr 1274, Carnarvon Castle, Carnarvon , Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Gloucester, Gloucester, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     15. Beatrice
     16. Blanche
    Family ID F1111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2010 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1244 - Of, Burgos, Burgos, Spain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Nov 1290 - Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
      Eleanor of Castile (1246 - 28 November 1290) was the first queen consort of Edward I of England. Eleanor was born in Castile, Spain, the daughter of Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Leon and his second wife, Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu. Her given name was Leonor (she was called Eleanor in England). She married Edward, the son of Henry III of England, in October 1254 at Burgos and became queen in 1272 when his father died and he became king. Theirs was one of the most successful royal marriages of all time, and she often accompanied her husband on his military campaigns, giving birth to his fourth son (later King Edward II of England) at Caernarfon in 1284, immediately after the conquest of Wales. She gave birth to sixteen children all told, six of whom survived into adulthood, but only two or three of whom outlived their parents.

      Eleanor died on November 28, 1290, at Nottingham (believed actually Harby, Nottinghamshire rather than the city), and her body was returned to London for burial at Westminster Abbey. Such was Edward's devotion to her that he erected memorial crosses at each overnight stop. Three of these "Eleanor crosses" are still landmarks today, although the most famous at Charing Cross (from which its name derives) is a copy. He did not remarry for nine years, to Margaret of France, in 1299.

      The locations of the 12 crosses were as follows: Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Northampton, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St Albans, Waltham, Westcheap, and Charing.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 3:156 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 2:83 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 2:63 (Reliability: 3).