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Eleanor of Castile
Abt 1241 - 1290

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• Birth	Abt 1241
  	Married at age 9 in 1254. From http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page61.asp. Other sources suggest a date about 1241, based on birth order with siblings. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Castile Aged 46 at her death in 1290, according to A Royal Descent [family Sharpe]; with Other Pedigrees and Memorials, comp. by Thomasin Elizabeth Sharpe, publ. 1875 (London: Mitchell and Hughes), p. 1, which would give a birth date ca 1244.
  Gender	Female
  _UID	A027C5827CE94AE1BD87D9C348783859CF18
  Died	28 Nov 1290	Harby, Nottinghamshire, England
  	Year from http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page61.asp. Died at the house of Richard de Weston in Harby, Nottinghamshire, while en route to Lincoln. Date and place from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Castile
  Buried	17 Dec 1290	Westminster, London, England
  	Place from http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page61.asp. Edward erected crosses from Lincoln to London as monuments to Eleanor, including Charing Cross in London ("chere reine" cross). Buried in Westminster Abbey. Date and place from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Castile
  Notes	Second child and oldest daughter of Fernando III, King of Castile and Leon, and his second wife Jeanne, Countess of Ponthieu. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Castile
  Person ID	I5851	Halhed Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2011

  
  

  Father	King Ferdinand III, King of Castile,   b. 1199,   d. 1252
  Mother	Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Bef Aug 1237
  Family ID	F2206	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	King Edward I Plantagenet, King of England,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster, London, England ,   d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland, England
  Married	1 Nov 1254	Burgos, Castile, Spain
  	"In 1254, Edward travelled to Spain for an arranged marriage at the age of 15 to 9-year-old Eleanor of Castile." From http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page61.asp. Married at the monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos. Date and place from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Castile
  Children	1. King Edward II "of Carnarvon" Plantagenet, King of England,   b. 25 Apr 1284, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales ,   d. 1327, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England   2. Princess Joan (of Acre) Plantagenet,   b. 1272, Acre, Palestine ,   d. 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England   3. Alphonso Plantagenet,   d. Abt 1284   4. Elizabeth Plantagenet,   b. Abt 7 Aug 1282,   d. 5 May 1316
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2011
  Family ID	F2207	Group Sheet