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The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve tall and lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with crosses erected in a line down part of the east of England. King Edward I had them built between 1291 and about 1295 in memory of his beloved wife Eleanor of Castile. The King and Queen had been married for 36 years and she stayed by the King's ...
May 24, 2024 · 28th November, 2017 in History. The Eleanor Crosses: Longshanks’ love set in stone. Nowadays people remember Eleanor of Castile as the queen for whom the beautiful ‘Eleanor Crosses’ were made, the most famous of which gives the name to Charing Cross in London.
Discover the story of the remarkable crosses erected by Edward I as memorials to his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, and take a close-up look at the finest of the three surviving crosses, at Geddington in Northamptonshire.
The Eleanor Cross in the village of Geddington, just off the A43 between Corby and Kettering, is original and maintained by English Heritage. The cross is situated off the main road by the church and close to the pretty 12th century bridge and ford over the River Ise. In London, the tall monument that stands in the forecourt of the Charing ...
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?
Nov 11, 2016 · Commemorating the overnight resting places of Eleanor's coffin, the 12 crosses were unveiled on 28 November 1291. The coronation procession of Edward VI passing the Eleanor Cross in Cheapside, London. Based on an engraving by James Basire of 1787. Wiki Commons. Eleanor of Castile was 13, perhaps younger, when she was married at a nunnery in ...
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May 21, 2018 · Sue Minna Cannon. The Oxford Companion to British History JOHN CANNON. *Eleanor of Castile [1]* (c.1242–90), queen of Edward I. the daughter of Ferdinand III, Eleanor married Edward I in October 1254, when they were both children, bringing with her Gascony.
