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Eleanor of Castile (1241 – 28 November 1290) was Queen of England as the first wife of Edward I. She was educated at the Castilian court. She also ruled as Countess of Ponthieu in her own right (suo jure) from 1279.
Eleanor of England ( Spanish: Leonor; c. 1161 [1] – 31 October 1214 [2] [3] ), was Queen of Castile and Toledo [4] as wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile. [5] [6] She was the sixth child and second daughter of Henry II, King of England, and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
English princess. Name variations: Alice Plantagenet. Born on March 12, 1280, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; died in 1291, age 11; daughter of Edward I Longshanks, king of England (r. 1272–1307), and Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290).
Eleanor of Castile was the wife of King Edward I of England. This medieval union was a very successful one, both politically and personally; indeed such was Edward’s grief on the death of his wife that he had the beautifully ornate stone ‘Eleanor Crosses’ erected in her memory…
Sep 28, 2021 · At the death of Henry III in 1272, Prince Edward became King Edward I, accompanied by his wife, Eleanor of Castile. A noble lineage Eleanor of Castile was not only the daughter of Ferdinand III and Joan, Countess of Ponthieu she was also the direct descendant of Henry II of England and his formidable wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Dec 3, 2017 · Eleanor Plantagenet, born in 1162, was the wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile, daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, sister of kings and a queen; mother of several queens and a king. This Eleanor was the first of a long line of Eleanors of Castile.
Jan 17, 2022 · Eleanor’s early life. Eleanor of Castile was born the daughter of Ferdinand King of Castile and his second wife, Jeanne. She was their second child, and was born in 1241. Eleanor married Edward I, future King of England, in Burgos on 1st November 1254; Burgos is in the north of Spain.
