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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 .
Eleanor's seal as Countess of Leicester. Seven years later, she met Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. According to Matthew Paris, Simon was attracted to Eleanor's beauty and elegance as well as her wealth and high birth. They fell in love and married secretly on 7 January 1238 at the King's chapel in Westminster Palace.
- 13 April 1275, Montargis Abbey, France
- Plantagenet
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Women and Garden Design. 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.
Surviving documentary evidence concerning Eleanor de Montfort as a royal woman in native Wales is singular in comparison to any of her predecessors or contemporaries. Her acta are demonstrative of her aptitude for manipulating her relationship with the king of England for political capital.
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.
Eleanor of Montfort (1215–1275) English princess, countess of Leicester, and rebel. Name variations: Eleanor of England; Eleanor de Montfort; Eleanor Plantagenet. Born in 1215 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died on April 13, 1275, at Montargis convent in France; buried in Montargis, France; daughter of John also known as John ...
Princess of Wales. Name variations: Eleanor de Mont-fort; (nickname) The Demoiselle. Born in 1252 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England; died in childbirth in June 1282 in Wales; buried in Llanfaes, Gwynedd, Wales; daughter of Simon of Montfort and Eleanor of Montfort (1215–1275), countess of Leicester; married Llewellyn ap Gruffydd (Llywelyn ...
