Eleanor, of Castile

1241 - 1290  (49 years)

• Name	Eleanor   [1]
  Suffix	of Castile
  Birth	1241	Burgos, Castile (now Spain)   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Tenure	From 20 Nov 1272 to 28 Nov 1290
  	as Queen consort of England
  Reign	From 16 Mar 1279 to 28 Nov 1290
  	Eleanor reigned as Countess of Ponthieu.
  Name	Leonor  [3]
  Death	28 Nov 1290	Harby, Nottinghamshire, England   [2, 4]
  Burial	17 Dec 1290	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, England, 51.498910,-0.128280   [2, 5]
  	Eleanor lay in state in Lincoln Cathedral. She was then embalmed and her organs were interred in an effigy tomb, shown here, behind the altar. Her body was moved to Westminster Cathedral.
  		Effigy of Eleanor of Castile Effigy tomb of Eleanor of Castile at Westminster Abbey.
  Person ID	I92322	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Ferdinand III, of Castile
  Mother	Joan, Countess of Ponthieu
  Family ID	F36659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward I "Longshanks" PLANTAGENET, King of England,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster, England d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria, England (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1254	at the monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos   [1]
  Children	1. Stillborn girl PLANTAGENET,   b. Jul 1255   d. Jul 1255 (Age ~ 0 years)   2. Katherine PLANTAGENET,   b. Abt 1264   d. 5 Sep 1264 (Age ~ 0 years)   3. Joanna PLANTAGENET,   b. Jan 1265   d. Bef 7 Sep 1265 (Age ~ 0 years)   4. John PLANTAGENET,   b. 13 Jul 1266   d. 3 Aug 1271, Wallingford, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England (Age 5 years)   5. Henry PLANTAGENET,   b. Bef 6 May 1268   d. 16 Oct 1274 (Age > 6 years)   6. Eleanor PLANTAGENET,   b. 18 Jun 1269   d. 29 Aug 1298 (Age 29 years)   7. Joan PLANTAGENET, of Acre,   b. 1272, Acre, Palestine d. 7 Apr 1307 (Age 35 years)   8. Alphonso PLANTAGENET, Earl of Chester,   b. 24 Nov 1273   d. 19 Aug 1284 (Age 10 years)   9. Margaret PLANTAGENET, Duchess of Brabant,   b. 15 Mar 1275   d. Aft 1333 (Age > 59 years)   10. Berengaria PLANTAGENET,   b. 1 May 1276   d. Bef 27 Jun 1278 (Age < 2 years)   11. Daughter PLANTAGENET,   b. Between Dec 1277 and Jan 1278   d. Jan 1278 (Age ~ 0 years)   12. Mary PLANTAGENET,   b. 11 Mar 1279   d. 29 May 1332 (Age 53 years)   13. Son PLANTAGENET,   b. (1280 or 1281)   14. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET,   b. 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales d. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England (Age 33 years)   15. Edward II PLANTAGENET, King of England,   b. 25 Apr 1284, Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd,, Wales d. 21 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England. (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F1458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2024

  
  

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• Sources

  [S2053] Kings & Queens, 2053. [S19083] Wikipedia - Eleanor of Castile. [S2271] Magna Carta Ancestry, 2271. (Reliability: 3). p. 102 [S2171] Eleanor's Crosses, 2171. (Reliability: 2). [S2171] Eleanor's Crosses, 2171. (Reliability: 3).