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  1. Eleanor de Montfort, Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon (1252 – 19 June 1282) was an English noble and Welsh Princess. She was the daughter of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor of England. She was also the second woman who can be shown to have used the title Princess of Wales.

  2. Eleanor de Montfort. An influential woman at the centre of a civil war, Eleanor acted independently to protect her own interests and those of her family and her supporters. Lived: 1215–1275. Field: Woman at war. Key moment: Held Dover Castle against siege in 1265.

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  4. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Eleanor of Montfort (1215–1275)English princess, countess of Leicester, and rebel. Name variations: Eleanor of England; Eleanor de Montfort; Eleanor Plantagenet.

  5. Eleanor's brothers were Henry de Montfort, Simon de Montfort, Amaury de Montfort, Guy de Montfort and Richard de Montfort. She was the wife of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (died 1282). It is not known where Eleanor was born, but it appears that she remained with her mother throughout her childhood and adolescence.

  6. The daughter of Simon of Montfort and Eleanor of Montfort (1215–1275), Eleanor was born into the chaos of her parents' rebellion against King Henry III of England. She was only 13 when her father died while leading the baronial army at the Battle of Evesham. Henry had sworn to imprison Eleanor and her mother to avoid any opportunities for ...

  7. This book is the first full-scale biography of Eleanor for more than one hundred and fifty years. It draws on a wealth of information from contemporary records to provide an intimate portrait of Eleanor as a wife, mother, politician and lord.

  8. Revised and and expanded version of a paper given at annual conference of the Haskins Society, 2007: Eleanor presided over a large and elaborate household, befitting a queen who was also duchess of Aquitaine, and she had revenues to support a great household with an income equivalent to of an earl’s or baron’s.

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