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Eleanor of Castile (1241 - 28 November 1290) was the first queen consort of Edward I of England. Eleanor was born in Castile, Spain, the daughter of Fernando III, King of Castile and Leon and his second wife, Jeanne, Countess of Ponthieu. Her given name was Leonor (she was called Eleanor in England). Her birthdate is not certainly known, but it is known that she was the second of the three children born to Fernando and Jeanne. Her elder brother Fernando was born 1239/40 and her younger brother Luis was born 1242/43. For the ceremonies in 1291 marking the first anniversary of Eleanor's death, 49 candlebearers appear, each candle commemorating one year of her life. This would place her birth in 1241.
She married Edward, the son of Henry III of England, in October 1254 at Burgos and became queen in 1272 when his father died and he became king. Theirs was one of the most successful royal marriages of all time, and she often accompanied her husband on his military campaigns, giving birth to his fourth son (later King Edward II of England) at Caernarfon in 1284, immediately after the conquest of Wales. She gave birth to sixteen children all told, six of whom survived into adulthood, but only two or three of whom outlived their parents.
Eleanor is remembered warmly by history as the queen who inspired the Eleanor crosses, but she was not so loved in her own time. Her English subjects considered her to be too foreign and greedy. Walter of Guisborough preserves the following poem:
"The king desires to get our gold/the queen, our manors fair to hold..."
She and Edward seemed to have been more devoted to one another than to their offspring. Their daughter Joan was left to be raised by her grandmother in Ponthieu for much of her childhood. When their son Henry lay dying at Guildford, neither of his royal parents undertook the short journey from London to see him.
Eleanor died on November 28, 1290, at Nottingham (believed actually Harby, Nottinghamshire rather than the city), and her body was returned to London for burial at Westminster Abbey. Such was Edward's devotion to her that he erected memorial crosses at each overnight stop. Three of these "Eleanor crosses" are still landmarks today, although the most famous at Charing Cross (from which its name derives) is a copy. He did not remarry for nine years, to Marguerite of France, in 1299.
The locations of the 12 crosses were as follows: Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Northampton, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St Albans, Waltham, Westcheap, and Charing.
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Children of Queen Eleanor and King Edward I
1. Daughter, stillborn in May 1255 in Bordeaux, France.
2. Katherine, living June 17 1264, died September 5 1264 and buried at Westminster Abbey.
3. Eleanor, born 18 June 1264 and died 12 October 1297. She married (1) Alfonso III of Aragon, (2) Count Henry III of Bar.
4. Joan, born January 1265, buried at Westminster Abbey before September 7 1265.
5. John, born July 13 1266, died August 3 1271 at Wallingford, in the custody of his granduncle, Richard, Earl of Cornwall. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
6. Henry, born before May 6 1268, died October 16 1274.
7. Daughter, born May 1271 in Palestine and died before September 1271.
8. Joan of Acre born May 1271 and died April 7 1307. She married (1) Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, (2) Ralph Morthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer.
9. Alphonso, Earl of Chester, born 24 November 1273, died 19 August 1284, buried in Westminster Abbey
10. Margaret, born March 15 1275 and died after 1333. She married John II of Brabant.
11. Berengaria, born 1 May 1276 and died before June 27 1278, buried in Westminster Abbey.
12. Daughter, died shortly after birth, January 1278.
13. Mary, born 11 March 1279 and died 29 May 1332, a nun in Amesbury, Wiltshire (England).
14. Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, born August 1281 at Rhuddlan, died 5 May 1316. She married (1) John I, Count of Holland, (2) Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford & 3rd Earl of Essex
15. Edward of Caernavon, born 25 April 1284 at Caernarvon, died 21 September 1327. He married Isabella of France

SURNAME: Also shown as Plantagenet

PREFIX: Also shown as Prs/Castile

DEATH: Also shown as Died Herdeby, Near Grantham, Lincolnshire.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 29 Nov 1290

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Westminster Abbe, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

Eleanor married Plantagenet, King of England Edward I 18 Oct 1254, Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain. Edward (son of Plantagenet, King Of England Henry III and de Provence, Queen of England Eleanor of Provence, son of Plantagenet, King Of England Henry III and Berengar, Cts/Provence Eleanor) was born 17 Jun 1239, Westminster, Palace, London, England; died 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-On-The-San, Cumberland, England; was buried 28 Oct 1307, Westminster, Abbey, London, England. [Group Sheet]

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1. Plantagenet was born 29 May 1255, Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; died 29 May 1255, Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France.
2. Plantagenet, Eleanor was born 17 Jun 1264, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; died 12 Oct 1297, Ghent; was buried 1298, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.
3. Plantagenet, Julian Katherine was born 17 Jun 1264, `Akko, Hazafon, Israel; died 5 Sep 1264, Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
4. Plantagenet, Princess Of England Joan was born Jan 1265, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, England; died 7 Sep 1265, Westminster, London, England; was buried 7 Sep 1265, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
5. Plantagenet, Prince of England John was born 10 Jul 1266, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, Berkshire, England; died 3 Aug 1271, Westminster, London, England.
6. Plantagenet, Prince Of England Henry was born 6 May 1268, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; died 14 Oct 1274, Guildford, England; was buried 20 Oct 1274, Westminster Abbey.
7. Plantagenet, Prs/England Joan d'Acres was born Abt 1270, of Acre, Galilee, Palestine, Israel; died 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England; was buried 26 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England.
8. Plantagenet, Julian was born 1271, Holy Land; died 1271, `Akko, Hazafon, Israel.
9. Plantagenet, Princess of England Joan was born Apr 1272, Kingdom of Acre, Outremer; died 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England; was buried 23 Apr 1307, Clare Priory, Suffolk.
10. Plantagenet, Prince of England, Earl/Chester Alfonso was born 24 Nov 1273, , Bayonne, B-Pyrn, France; died 19 Aug 1284, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.
11. Plantagenet, Princess Of England Margaret was born 11 Sep 1275, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; died 1318, Brussels, Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium.
12. Plantagenet, Princess Of England Berengaria was born 1 May 1276, Westminster, London, England; died 27 Jun 1278, Westminster, London, England.
13. Plantagenet was born Dec 1277; died Jan 1278.
14. Plantagenet, Princess Of England Mary was born 11 Mar 1278, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; died 29 May 1332, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.
15. Plantagenet, Princess Of England Alice was born 12 Mar 1279, Woodstock, Oxford, England; died 1291.
16. Plantagenet, Princess of England Elizabeth was born 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England; was buried 23 May 1316, Walden Abbey, Hertfordshire, England.
17. Plantagenet, King of England Edward II was born 25 Apr 1284, Carnarven Castle, Caernarvonshire, England; died 21 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; was buried 20 Dec 1327, Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
18. Plantagenet, Beatrice was born Abt 1286, Aquitaine.
19. Plantagenet, Princess Of England Beatrice was born 1286, , , Aquitaine, France.
20. Plantagenet, Princess Of England Blanche was born 1290, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; died 1290.

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Fernando III called El Santo (the Saint), (1198/1199 - May 30, 1252) was a king of Castile (1217 - 1252) and Leon (1230 - 1252). He was the son of Alfonso IX and Berenguela of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII. Because his parents were first cousins, their marriage was anulled, but Fernando remained legitimized and was able to succeed his father as king.
In 1231 he united Castile and Leon permanently.
Fernando spent much of his reign fighting the Moors. He captured the towns of Córdoba in 1236, Jaén in 1246, and Seville in 1248, and occupied Murcia in 1243, thereby completing the reconquest of Spain excepting Granada, whose king nevertheless did homage to Fernando.
He founded the University of Salamanca and the Cathedral of Burgos.
Fernando was canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671. Several places named San Fernando were founded across the Spanish Empire.
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Marriages and Family
In 1219, Ferdinand married the daughter of the German king Philip of Swabia, Elizabeth, called Beatriz in Spain. Their children were:
1. King Alfonso X of Castile (November 23, 1221-1284)
2. Infante Fadrique (September 1223-1277), secretly executed by his brother Alfonso.
3. Infante Fernando (March 1225-1243/1248)
4. Infanta Leonor (1227-died young)
5. Infanta Berenguela, a nun at las Huelgas (1228-1288/89).
6. Infante Enrique "El Senador" (March 1230-August 1304)
7. Infante Felipe (December 1231-1274). He was promised to the Church, but was so taken with the beauty of Princess Christine of Norway (daughter of Haakon IV of Norway), who had been intended as a bride for one of his brothers, that he abandoned his holy vows and married her. She died in 1262, childless.
8. Infante Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo and Seville (1233-1261)
9. Infante Juan Manuel (1234-November 1283)
10. Infanta Maria, died an infant in November 1235.
After Elizabeth died in 1235, he married Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu, before August 1237. They had four sons and one daughter:
1. Infante Fernando, Count of Aumale (1239-1269)
2. Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290), wife of King Edward I of England.
3. Infante Luis (1243-1269)
4. Infante Ximen (1244), died young and buried in a monastery in Toledo.
5. Infante Juan (1245), died young and buried at the cathedral in Cordoba.

Ferdinand — De Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu Joana. Joana (daughter of De Dammartin, Simon and Countess of Ponthieu Maria) was born 1212, Castille, Spain; died 1279. [Group Sheet]

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Alfonso IX of León (August 15, 1171 - September 23 or 24, 1230; ruled from 1188-1230), first cousin of Alfonso VIII of Castile, and numbered next to him as being a junior member of the family, is said by Ibn Khaldun to have been called the Baboso or "Slobberer", because he was subject to fits of rage during which he foamed at the mouth.
Alfonso was the only son of King Ferdinand II of Leon and Urraca of Portugal. Though he took a part in the work of the reconquest, this king is chiefly remembered by the difficulties into which his successive marriages led him with the pope. He was first married in 1191 to his cousin Teresa of Portugal, who bore him two daughters, and a son who died young.
The marriage was declared null by the pope, to whom Alfonso paid no attention till he was presumably tired of his wife. It cannot have been his conscience which constrained him to leave Teresa, for his next step was to marry Berenguela of Castile in 1197, who was his second cousin. For this act of contumacy the king and kingdom were placed under interdict.
The pope was, however, compelled to modify his measures by the threat that if the people could not obtain the services of religion they would not support the clergy, and that heresy would spread. The king was left under interdict personally, but to that he showed himself indifferent, and he had the support of his clergy. Berenguela left him after the birth of five children, and the king then returned to Teresa, to whose daughters he left his kingdom by will.
Alfonso's children were:
1. Fernando, died 1214
2. Sancha (c.1195-before 1243)
3. Dulce (1194-after 1243)
4. King Fernando III
5. Alfonso (1203-1272)
6. Berenguela, married John of Brienne
7. Constanza (1200-1242)
8. Leonor, died in infancy

King of Leon (1188-1230). In 1197 he married Berengaria. Pope Innocent II annulled the marriage in 1214 because of the family relationship of Alfonso and Berengaria. Alfonso founded the University of Salamanca and captured Caceres, Badajoz, and Merida from the Muslim Almohads.

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, Chart 321 - # 2.

SURNAME: Also shown as Castile

PREFIX: Also shown as King Of Castle

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Zamora.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1166/1173

DEATH: Also shown as Died Villanueva de Sarria.

Alfonso married Queen of Castile and Toledo Berengaria 17 Nov 1197, , , , Spain; divorced Yes, date unknown. Berengaria (daughter of De Castille, King of Castile / King of Toledo Alfonso VIII and Angevin, Queen/Castile Eleanor) was born Jun 1180, Burgos, Castille and Leon, España; died 8 Nov 1246, Las Huelgas, Castille and Leon, Spain. [Group Sheet]

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• Death: 1245/1246, Castile, Spain

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PREFIX: Also shown as Queen Of Leon

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1171/1181, , , Castile, Spain.

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• Title of Nobility: COUNT OF AUMALE & PONTHIEU
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Simon married Countess of Ponthieu Maria Sep 1208, Aumale, S., France. Maria (daughter of Ponthieu, William III and Capet, Princess of France Alix, daughter of Ponthieu, William III and Capet, Alice) was born 1186, AUMALE, Seine Maritime, France; died 1251, Spain. [Group Sheet]

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GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Marie Countess of

BIRTH: Also shown as Born of, AUMALE, Seine-Maritime, France.

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Name - Description: Marie ( Jeanne) Countess Of PONTHIEU & MONTREUIL

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Birth - Date: 17 Apr 1199 Place: Of, Aumale, Normandie

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Death - Date: Sep 1250 Place: , Normandie

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Ferdinand — Of Portugal, Urraca. [Group Sheet]

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Alfonso VIII (November 11, 1155 - October 5, 1214), king of Castile and grandson of Alfonso VII, is a great name in Spanish history, for he led the coalition of Christian princes and foreign crusaders who broke the power of the Almohades at the battle of the Navas de Tolosa in 1212.
His personal history is that of many medieval kings. He succeeded to the throne, in infancy, on the death of his father, Sancho. Though proclaimed king, he was regarded as a mere name by the unruly nobles to whom a minority was convenient. The devotion of a squire of his household, who carried him on the pommel of his saddle to the stronghold of San Esteban de Gormaz, saved him from falling into the hands of the contending factions of Castro and Lara, or of his uncle Ferdinand of León, who claimed the regency.
The loyalty of the town of Ávila protected his youth. He was barely fifteen when he came forth to do a man's work by restoring his kingdom to order. It was only by a surprise that he recovered his capital Toledo from the hands of the Laras. His marriage with Leonora of Aquitaine, daughter of Henry II of England, brought him under the influence of the greatest governing intellect of his time. Alfonso VIII was the founder of the first Spanish university, the studium generale of Palencia, which, however, did not survive him.
During his reign, Castile annexed the province of Logroño.
In 1176, Alfonso married Eleonor Plantagenet, daughter of King Henry II of England and his wife Eleonor of Aquitaine. They had 12 children:
" Berenguela, or Berenguaria, Queen of Castile (1180-1246), married to Conrad of Hohenstaufen, Duke of Swabia, and then to Alfonso IX, King of León; succeeded her brother, Henry I
" Sancho, prince of Castile (1181)
" Sancha, princess of Castile (1182-1184)
" Urraca, princess of Castile (1186-1220), married to Alfonso II of Portugal
" Blanche, a.k.a Blanche of Castile, princess of Castile (1188-1252), married to Louis VIII of France
" Ferdinand, prince of Castile (1189-1211)
" Mafalda, princess of Castile (1191-1204)
" Henry, prince of Castile (1192 - 1190s)
" Constance or Constanza, princess of Castile (1196 - late 1190s)
" Eleonor or Eleanor, princess of Castile (1202-1244), married to James I of Aragon
" Henry I of Castile (1204-1217) succeeded his father.
" Constance or Constanza, princess of Castile (?-1243), abbess of Las Huelgas

!King of Castile (1158-1214); he succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, Sancho III. Troubled by interference from Navarre in his youth, he later allied Castile with Aragon, forming a connection that was eventually to become the basis for the unification of Spain. Alfonso also established Castilian dominance over Leon. From the 1170's, he was occupied with resisting encroachments by the Almohads, Muslim invaders from Northern Africa. Defeated by the Muslim caliph Ykub al-Mansur (c. 1160-99) at Alarcos in 1195, Alfonso and his allies won a major victory over the Muslim comnmander al-Nasir at Navas de Tolosa in 1212.

SURNAME: Also shown as Castile

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Alphonso

PREFIX: Also shown as King Of Castle

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Soria.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Gutierre Munoz.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 06 Oct 1214

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas.

Alfonso married Angevin, Queen/Castile Eleanor Sep 1170, , Burgos, Burgos, Spain. Eleanor (daughter of Angevin, King of England Henry II and De Aquitaine, Queen/England Eleanor) was born 13 Oct 1162, Falaise, Calvados, France, France; died 31 Oct 1214, , , Burgos, Spain; was buried , , Monasterio De Las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain. [Group Sheet]

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• Baptism: , Domfront, Normandie, France
• Title of Nobility: Queen of Castile
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GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Eleanor Princess Of

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Domfront Castle, Normandy, France.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Burgos, Castile.

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Alberic — Ponthieu, Matilda Maud Mahaut. Matilda was born 1138; died 1200. [Group Sheet]

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GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as William Iii Count Of

William married Capet, Princess of France Alix 20 Aug 1195, Castile, Spain. Alix (daughter of Capet, King of France Louis VII and De Champagne, Countess of Champagne Adele de Blois) was born Abt 1170, , , , France; died 1221. [Group Sheet]

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