of Castille, Queen of England Eleanor

of Castille, Queen of England Eleanor

Female 1241 - 1290  (49 years)

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  1. 1.  of Castille, Queen of England Eleanorof Castille, Queen of England Eleanor was born in 1241 in Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain; died on 5 Dec 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried on 24 Dec 1290 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Princess of Castile and Leon
    • Appointments / Titles: Oct 1254; Queen of England

    Notes:

    From Life Sketch:

    Eleanor Of Castile, Spanish Leonor De Castilla born 1246—died Nov. 28, 1290, Harby, Nottinghamshire, England, queen consort of King Edward I of England (ruled 1272–1307). Her devotion to Edward helped bring out his better qualities; after her death, his rule became somewhat arbitrary. Eleanor was the daughter of King Ferdinand III of Castile and his wife, Joan of Ponthieu. In 1254 Eleanor was married to Lord Edward, son of England’s King Henry III. In honour of the event, her half brother, Alfonso X of Castile, transferred to Edward his claims to Gascony. When Henry III’s baronial opponents seized power in England in 1264, Eleanor was sent for safety to France; she returned in October 1265, after Edward had crushed the rebels. Eleanor accompanied Edward on a crusade from 1270 to 1273. The story that she saved his life at Acre (now in Israel) by sucking poison from a dagger wound is evidently apocryphal. After Edward ascended the throne, Eleanor was criticized for allegedly mistreating the tenants on her lands. Upon her death, Edward erected the famous Eleanor Crosses—several of which still stand—at each place where her coffin rested on its way to London.
    (Britannica.com)

    Family/Spouse: Plantagenet, Edward of England I. Edward (son of of England, Henry III and Berenger, Eleanor) was born on 17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England; was christened on 28 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, England; died on 7 Jul 1307 in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England; was buried on 28 Oct 1307 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Plantagenet, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan was born on 7 Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales; was christened on 17 Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 5 May 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England; was buried on 23 May 1316 in Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England.

    Eleanor married in Oct 1254 in Kingdom of Castille and Leon, Leon, Castilla-Leon, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2