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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.
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.
May 5, 2024 · Discover the fascinating Eleanor Crosses, enduring memorials to Queen Eleanor of Castile.
Eleanor of Castile sucks the poison out of Edward I of England in a Victorian-era depiction. Despite her negative reputation in her lifetime, the St Albans Chronicle and the Eleanor Crosses assured Eleanor of Castile a romantic and flattering, if slightly obscure, standing in the two centuries following her death.
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.
Eleanor of Castile and the Eleanor Cross. Discover the monument erected in Geddington, Northamptonshire, to commemorate the remarkable life of King Edward I’s beloved first wife. Eleanor was the daughter of the king of Castile, born in about 1241.
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Nov 11, 2016 · 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 Spain in 1254 to the 15-year-old future Edward I, who would prove to be one of the most formidable rulers in England’s history.
