of Castille, Queen of England Eleanor

1241 - 1290  (49 years)

• Name	of Castille, Eleanor
  Title	Queen of England
  Birth	1241	Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain
  Gender	Female
  Appointments / Titles	Princess of Castile and Leon
  Appointments / Titles	Oct 1254
  	Queen of England
  Death	5 Dec 1290	Harby, Nottinghamshire, England
  Burial	24 Dec 1290	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
  Person ID	I25435	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Plantagenet, Edward of England I,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Plantagenet, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan,   b. 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales d. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England (Age 33 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F9298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Marriage	Oct 1254	Kingdom of Castille and Leon, Leon, Castilla-Leon, Spain
  Family ID	F9374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1241 - Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain Marriage - Oct 1254 - Kingdom of Castille and Leon, Leon, Castilla-Leon, Spain Death - 5 Dec 1290 - Harby, Nottinghamshire, England Burial - 24 Dec 1290 - Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  From Life Sketch: Eleanor Of Castile, Spanish Leonor De Castilla born 1246—died Nov. 28, 1290, Harby, Nottinghamshire, England, queen consort of King Edward I of England (ruled 1272–1307). Her devotion to Edward helped bring out his better qualities; after her death, his rule became somewhat arbitrary. Eleanor was the daughter of King Ferdinand III of Castile and his wife, Joan of Ponthieu. In 1254 Eleanor was married to Lord Edward, son of England’s King Henry III. In honour of the event, her half brother, Alfonso X of Castile, transferred to Edward his claims to Gascony. When Henry III’s baronial opponents seized power in England in 1264, Eleanor was sent for safety to France; she returned in October 1265, after Edward had crushed the rebels. Eleanor accompanied Edward on a crusade from 1270 to 1273. The story that she saved his life at Acre (now in Israel) by sucking poison from a dagger wound is evidently apocryphal. After Edward ascended the throne, Eleanor was criticized for allegedly mistreating the tenants on her lands. Upon her death, Edward erected the famous Eleanor Crosses—several of which still stand—at each place where her coffin rested on its way to London. (Britannica.com)