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Eleanor of Woodstock (18 June 1318 – 22 April 1355) was an English princess and the duchess of Guelders by marriage to Reginald II of Guelders. She was regent as the guardian of their minor son Reginald III from 1343 until 1344.
Eleanor, the eldest daughter of Edward II, was betrothed to Reginald, Count (later Duke) of Guelders in March of 1332, at the age of thirteen. By May later that year, she departed England, and her wedding took place at Nijmegen on 22 nd May 1332, just before her fourteenth birthday. [1] Reginald had visited England in 1331 during the early ...
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Aug 8, 2021 · Posted on August 8, 2021. Eleanor of Woodstock. Eleanor was born in 1318 was Edward II’s and Isabella of France’s eldest daughter. Edward was so pleased that he gave the queen 500 marks. For the first six years of her life she and her elder brother John and younger sister Joan remained in the custody of their mother Isabella of France at ...
English princess and duchess of Guelders. Name variations: Eleanor Plantagenet. Born on June 18, 1318, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; died on April 22, 1355, in Deventer, Netherlands; daughter of Isabella of France (1296–1358) and Edward II (1284–1327), king of England (r. 1307–1327); married Renaud also known as Rainald or Reginald ...
Jun 18, 2015 · There are a few bits and pieces about Eleanor of Woodstock in Alison Weir's biography of her mother, Isabella of France. The longest account is in volume 3 (1857) of Mary Anne Everett Green's The Lives of the Princesses of England; although published in the mid-nineteenth century, Green relies on chronicles written in Guelders at the time of Eleanor's life there for her account of Eleanor of ...
Jun 18, 2017 · Born on June 18, 1318 at Woodstock Palace, Princess Eleanor was her parents’ eldest daughter, joining two older brothers, Princes Edward (age six) and John (age two). The baby was named for her paternal grandmother, Eleanor of Castile.
Dec 23, 2013 · Eleanor of Woodstock. The Marriage of Eleanor – Daughter of Edward II. Sunday, 5 August 2018, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 2. This article was written by Hannah Pym. Eleanor, the eldest daughter of Edward II, was betrothed to Reginald, Count (later Duke) of Guelders in March of 1332, at the age of thirteen.
