Person ID: I5658488879
Eleanor de Castilla
Abt. 1244 – 29 Nov 1290
Female
Events
- Born
- Abt. 1244 — Castille and León, Spain
- Died
- 29 Nov 1290 — Heredeby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom1 source
- Buried
- 16 Dec 1290 — Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
- Title
Queen Consort Eleanor of England, Comtesse de Montreuil, Comtesse de Ponthieu
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 18 Oct 1254 — Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castille and León, Spain
- FatherEdward17 Jun 1239 – 07 Jul 1307
- MotherEleanor de CastillaAbt. 1244 – 29 Nov 1290
- ChildEleanor of England17 Jun 1264 – 12 Oct 1298
- ChildJoan of EnglandJun 1265 – 07 Sep 1265
- ChildJohn of England10 Jul 1266 – 01 Aug 1272
- ChildAlice of EnglandAbt. 1267 – 1279
- ChildHenry of England13 Jul 1267 – 14 Oct 1274
- ChildJuliana of England1271 – 1271
- ChildJoan of AcreAbt. Apr 1272 – 23 Apr 1307
- ChildAlfonso of England24 Nov 1273 – 19 Aug 1284
- ChildMargaret of England11 Sep 1275 – 1318
- ChildBerengaria of England1276 – Abt. 1279
- ChildMary of England11 Mar 1278 – Bef. 22 Jul 1332
- ChildAlice of England12 Mar 1279 – Abt. 1291
- ChildIsabella of England12 Mar 1279 – 1279
- ChildLady Elizabeth Plantagenet07 Aug 1282 – 05 May 1316
- ChildEdward, II25 Apr 1284 – 21 Sep 1327
- ChildBeatrice of EnglandAbt 1286 – Abt 1286
- ChildBlanche of England1290 – 1290
Notes
- NOTES: Eleanor was only about ten years old when married to the 15 year old Edward of Westminster at Las Huelgas in 1254. Such child marriages were commonplace in Europe in the Middle Ages and the brides were usually consigned to their husbands ' families to complete ther education. The marriages were not consummated until the bride reached a suitable age (usually 14 or 15) and in Eleanor's case it seems to have been 18 or 19.Eleanor of Castile (1244?-90), queen consort of England (127 2-90), daughter of Ferdinand III, king of Castile and León. In 1254 she married Prince Edward, later Edward I of England, the eldest son of King Henry III. In 1270 she accompanied Edward on the Seventh Crusade. During their absence from England , Henry III died (1272), and Edward succeeded to the throne. Two years later, following their return from the Middle East, Edward and Eleanor were crowned king and queen of England. "Eleanor of Castile," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.