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May 5, 2024 · The “Eleanor Crosses” stand today as remarkable and deeply romantic symbols of a medieval king’s all-consuming love and mourning for his queen. But who was this remarkable woman who could inspire such grand and costly commemorations?
6 days ago · By 1270 Edward and Eleanor had left to join Edward’s uncle Louis IX of France on the Eighth Crusade, but unfortunately Louis died at Carthage before they arrived. After spending the winter in Sicily, the couple moved on to Acre in Palestine, arriving in May 1271 during the Ninth Crusade.
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1 day ago · Instead of returning directly to France, Louis and Eleanor headed north towards Rome and the Pope, stopping at the Abbey of Monte Cassino on 4 October after Eleanor fell ill. Pope Eugenius invited them to stay at his palace at Tusculum , south of Rome, where they arrived on 9 October.
May 2, 2024 · He was sentenced to death and executed by beheading on 20 June 1483. His wife, Eleanor’s sister, quickly sent their three sons to safety in Castile while she kept their daughter Margaret with her. Following the conflict, Eleanor and John went on a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Sao Domingos da Queimada. Eleanor also prayed for more children.
May 6, 2024 · Eleanor had the support of Castile, and in 1494, they offered Isabella as a wife for Manuel, while George was offered King Ferdinand’s illegitimate daughter, Joanna. They also feared that John would divorce Eleanor in order to remarry and father more children.
May 2, 2024 · King Edward I ordered 12 monuments, known as Eleanor Crosses, to be built to honour his dead wife. So was he the most romantic monarch of all or was he a pragmatist who used Eleanor of Castile's death to further the infrastructure of medieval Britain?
May 3, 2024 · Eleanor of Castile. Eleanor of Castile married King Edward I of England as part of a political deal to affirm English sovereignty over Gascony. But the marriage was a very close one. Eleanor travelled extensively with Edward, including on the Ninth Crusade.
